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Kano Rocks Kano Gsm Market by loreee1(m): 6:57pm On Nov 18, 2015 |
17:11 18/11/2015
Kano - A large blast ripped through a busy mobile
phone market in Nigeria's biggest northern city,
Kano, on Wednesday, two traders told AFP, a day
after more than 30 were killed in the northeast
city of Yola.
Nafiu Mohammed and Suleiman Haruna said the
explosion happened at the Farm Centre market
shortly after 4:00 pm (1500 GMT) and rescuers
were on the scene dealing with casualties.
"I was preparing for the afternoon prayers when
there was an explosion deep inside the market at
exactly 4:10 pm," said Mohammed.
"Police officers from a nearby police station
mobilised to the scene while traders in confusion
locked up their shops and moved out of the
market.
"We are now at a distance while the rescue
vehicles are taking the victims to hospital. We
have no idea of the number of casualties."
Officers fired warning shots as a deterrent for
people to stay back from the market, which is
typically packed with traders and shoppers.
Haruna also said it was not clear how many
people had been affected but he added: "I saw
ambulances leaving the market."
Also read: Yobe blast: Pregnant woman among
the deceased
Nearly 1,500 people have been killed in northern
and northeast Nigeria since President
Muhammadu Buhari came to power on May 29,
according to an AFP tally.
Buhari has given his military commanders until
next month to bring Boko Haram's six-year
insurgency to an end but there has been waves of
bombings, mainly against civilian "soft" targets.
On Tuesday evening, at least 32 people were
killed and some 80 others injured in an explosion
at a packed lorry park in the Adamawa state
capital, Yola.
It was the first suspected Boko Haram attack in
Nigeria since a twin suicide attack in Yola on
October 23 and revived fears of a fresh round of
carnage.
Kano has been relatively spared from the violence
in the last six months, a fact attributed in part to
its security network using local networks of
traditional chiefs and the security agencies.
On July 6, a girl thought to be aged just 13 blew
up outside a mosque in the city, killing only
herself.
In November last year, at least 120 people were
killed and 270 others wounded when two suicide
bombers blew themselves up and gunmen opened
fire during weekly prayers at Kano's Grand
Mosque.
The attack is thought to have been revenge for
traditional leader the Emir of Kano's earlier call
for citizens to take up arms against the Islamist
militants. |
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