Nigeria: Several feared dead in Kano blasts

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Nigeria: Several feared dead in Kano blasts

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Bombers attack Nigeria's second city, leaving at least six people dead in a concerted attack.

21 January,2012 10:14 am

At least six people were killed in a string of bomb blasts on Friday in Nigerias second city Kano.Authorities imposed a curfew across the city, which has been plagued by an insurgency led by the Islamist sect Boko Haram.Smoke billowed from the police headquarters for the north in Kano after one blast blew out its windows, collapsed its roof and triggered a blaze that firefighters struggled to control.According to a Reuters reporter, he counted three bodies at the scene and three more at the local passport office, which was surrounded by flaming debris.Some residents ran around shouting and screaming following the attacks. There were at least four other explosions across the city in quick succession.There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the apparently coordinated attacks, which prompted the government to announce a dusk-to-dawn curfew.Kano, like other northern cities in Nigeria, has been plagued by an insurgency led by Islamist sect Boko Haram, blamed for scores of bombings and shootings against mostly government targets that are growing in scale and sophistication.Witnesses said the bomber of the police headquarters, which covers most of northern Nigeria, pulled up at the building on a motorbike then got off and ran at it holding a bag.