Not
less than eight people are fear dead, after a bomb explosion struck a public
health college facility in Nigeria’s second largest city of Kano.
About
20 others were wounded- 12 of whom sustained grave injuries- in the blast at
the Kano School of Hygiene in the late hours of Monday.
The
blast occurred as students were struggling to meet registration deadline for
the new academic session.
It most
likely originate from a car park next to the post-secondary training facility,
a teacher at the college told AFP news agency.
The
city is among the Northern States that have been targeted in the past by the
radical Islamist group Boko Haram, which says it is poised at creating an
Islamic state in northern Nigeria.
Kano
State police spokesman Magaji Majiiya, who confirmed the attack, said eight
people had been killed and many others in terrible condition have been taken to
hospital for treatment.
One person has been arrested according to the police.
The
area is now mapped out as a crime scene by the police and emergency services
have continued rendering assistance to victims.
The
latest incident comes some weeks after another bomb blast in Sabon Gari area of
the state.
About 150 people died in a series of co-ordinated attacks by
Boko Haram in the city in January 2012.
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