The incident came about when worshippers have been attending morning prayers on Wednesday in Gezawa branch of Kano order.

Citizens mentioned flames engulfed the mosque nearest the assault with worshippers heard wailing as they struggled to perceptible the locked doorways.

Then listening to the explosion, neighbours in a rush to backup the trapped worshippers, native media reported.

Rescue groups together with bomb mavens from Kano have been in an instant deployed according to the assault, a police remark mentioned.

Police after showed {that a} bomb used to be no longer impaired within the assault.

The Hearth Provider in Kano mentioned they weren’t referred to as in an instant the fireplace began, including that they may have introduced the status beneath regulate a lot sooner.

Kano Hearth Provider spokesman Saminu Yusuf instructed the BBC that they were given experiences of the incident nearest locals had pour out the fireplace.

“In a situation like this, people are supposed to call us but we didn’t get any call from the location until after normalcy had returned,” Mr Yusuf added.

Police mentioned the suspect confessed that his movements have been a part of a dispute over inheritance, claiming he used to be concentrated on some crowd contributors who have been within the mosque.

“What happened is not associated with any act of terrorism, rather it was a skirmish that arose as a result of inheritance distribution,” Umar Sanda, a local police chief, told journalists after visiting the scene.

“It is really unfortunate,” Mr Sandahe added.

“The suspect is at this time with us and is giving out helpful knowledge.”

Initial reports said one worshipper had died from the attack but the death toll later rose after more victims died while receiving treatment at the Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital in Kano.

Extra sufferers, together with youngsters, are nonetheless receiving remedy on the health facility, consistent with police.