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Shias are a minority among Nigeria's Muslims
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Many were killed today
November 3rd after a suicide bomber detonated a bomb targeted at members of the
Shiite group, the Islamic Brotherhood of Nigeria, who were on procession at
Faydia Islamic School located near the old market in Potiskum, Yobe state.
The suicide bomber has
blown himself up at a Shia religious ceremony in north-east Nigeria, killing
about 20 people, media reports state (BBC/Others cited).
The bomber joined the
ceremony in Potiskum town and blew himself up, the witnesses said.
No group has said it
carried out the attack, but suspicion is bound to fall on militant Sunni
Islamist group Boko Haram.
It denounces Shias, a
small minority in Nigeria, as non-Muslims.
Witnesses said the bomb
exploded as the crowd was marking Ashura, a solemn day when Shias mourn the
martyrdom of Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, in 680 AD at Karbala
in modern-day Iraq.
Boko Haram has waged an
insurgency in Nigeria since 2009.
It has repeatedly
targeted Christians and rival Muslim groups.
In July, it was blamed
for bombing an open-air mosque in Potiskum, killing four people.
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