Breaking News: Over 70 people killed in bomb explosion in Kano

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Maduabuchi Nmeribe/Kano

A car bomb explosion in Nigeria’s second largest city of Kano, northern Nigeria, has killed over 50 people, according to reports reaching P.M.NEWS.

The bomb exploded at about 10 pm. in Sabon Gari area of the city, where Nigerians from other states normally live, separate from the indigenes of Kano.

Early reports said the bomb ripped through a crowded entertainment spot in the city, on a busy road lined with bars in the predominantly Christian area of Sabon Giri.

The explosion resonated several kilometres (miles) away, locals said

Our reporter said he had already counted 70 bodies of victims from the explosion.

The Kano incident is the second major bombing of an urban centre after the 14 April bombing of Nyanya Bus Station on the outskirts of Abuja, which killed about 75 people.

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Kano police spokesman Musa Majiya said it was too early to say if the blast in the Sabon Gari or “foreign quarter” of the North’s biggest city had caused any casualties.

But witness Abdul Dafar, who lives a block away, said he saw at least four dead bodies after the explosion.

“I heard a loud blast. And there was a lot of smoke. Soldiers came in to cordon off the place and ambulances were rushing people to hospital,” he said.

Chronology of Attacks by Boko Haram:
20 January 2012: Multiple, multi-pronged attacks on the city by Boko Haram militants. Over 200 people killed.
30 July 2013: 3 blasts at beer parlours in Sabon Gari led to the death of at least 11 people

18 March 2013: Luxury bus park in the same area bombed, with over 60 people dead.

More reports later…

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