Why I set a mosque ablaze and trapped worshipers inside — 38-year-old suspect tells Kano Police
Police operatives in Kano State have arrested one Shafi’u Abubakar, 38, who allegedly set a mosque ablaze and trapped worshipers inside the building at Laraba Abasawa in Gezawa LGA of the state.
It was gathered that about 40 worshippers were praying when Shafi’u used petrol to ignite the fire, trapping them inside the mosque by locking the door of the building to prevent them from escaping the inferno.
The attack which occurred on Wednesday morning, May 15, left 24 persons with different degrees of burns. The rescued victims were later rushed to the Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital in Kano, where they were receiving treatment.
The State’s Police Command’s spokesperson, SP Haruna Kiyawa, in a statement on Wednesday, said Shafi’u willingly submitted himself to the Police after committing the act.
