Abuja: At least 15 people were killed in a suicide attack on a Muslim procession in Dakasoye town of Nigeria's northwestern state of Kano on Friday, security and medical sources said.

Many others were injured following the suicide attack which occurred as Muslims took out a procession from Zaria city of the neighbouring Kaduna State to Dakasoye, said a medical worker at a state-run hospital, Xinhua reported.