Thousands of Shias including Sunnis participate at Potiskum Ashura martyrs’ funeral / Pics

The people killed by Nigerian security bomb attack in Potiskum during Ashura procession on Monday have been laid to rest. The funeral prayer was conducted by Malam Mustapha Lawan Nasidi in Potiskum attended by thousands of people and sympathizers including Sunni brothers.

A suicide bomber has killed at least 25 people and injured about 80 others in a procession of Shia Muslims marking the ceremony of Ashura in Potiskum, north-eastern Nigeria.

The soldiers later returned to Fudiyyah school with armoured vehicles and opened fire indiscriminate and killed 5 people with many who sustained various forms of injuries.