Nigeria unrest: Kano mosque explosions 'kill many'

Policemen stand near damaged vehicles in Sabon Gari, Kano, after a Boko Haram car bomb attack killed five earlier this year. Photo: Reuters

Many people have been killed in three explosions during Friday prayers at one of the biggest mosques in the Nigerian city of Kano, reports say.
The Central Mosque is close to the Emir of Kano's palace and is where the influential Muslim leader usually leads prayers.

The Emir, Muhammad Sanusi, is currently in Saudi Arabia.
An eyewitness told the BBC he had counted about 50 bodies, but this figure has not been verified.
Other reports say some gunmen went on a shooting spree in the northern city after the blasts.
The militant Islamist Boko Haram group has targeted the city before during its five-year insurgency.