Kano mosque attack deaths climb to 120

At least 120 people were killed and 270 others wounded on
Friday when two suicide bombers blew themselves up and
gunmen opened fire on a Muslim congregation at Friday
prayers in the central mosque in northern Nigeria's largest
city of Kano, a rescue official said.
The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said
the toll could rise, as some of the wounded were in critical
condition and may not survive.
A third bomb exploded outside the mosque among a crowd
of worshipers.
The attacks come two weeks after the emir of Kano,
Muhammad Sanusi II, one of Nigeria's most influential
monarchs, called for self-defense, urging people to procure
arms and fight Islamist militant group Boko Haram, which
has a significant presence in the area.
The emir made the call at the same mosque where
Friday's attack occurred.
Although there was no immediate claim of responsibility,
Boko Haram is the main suspect. Many believe the attacks
were reprisals for the emir's call to arms against the terror
group.
A CNN reporter at the morgue of the Murtala
Mohammed Specialist Hospital -- one of two hospitals
treating victims of the attacks -- counted 94 bodies and
was told by a health professional involved in collecting
bodies that 38 bodies already had been identified and taken
by relations for burial.
"We have around 140 dead bodies brought from the mosque
and more than 160 being treated for various injuries," the
health professional said, asking not to be named because he
was not authorized to speak on casualties.
"This is only for this hospital. Other corpses and wounded
victims have been taken to Nassarawa Specialist Hospital,"
he said.
At Nassarawa Specialist Hospital, a rescue worker said
the facility had received scores of injured and dead.