kano chilled by blast

The Sabon Gari central park area in kano has again been bombed killing a woman and leaving eight others injured.



Magaji Majiya, the police spokesperson for Kano State confirmed that the explosion was caused by a bomb that targeted travelers at the said park. The bomb was veiled in a fridge and placed on a cart, and detonated close to a luxurious bus at about 3:00 pm (1500 GMT) at the New Motor Park.

The affected bus is with registration number KTT 164 XA and owned by Ifeanyi Chukwu Industrial Services. The bus was loading passengers heading to Port Harcourt at the time of
the blast. Earlier on in March at least 60 were reported killed, and several vehicles destroyed by a bombing at the same motor park.

The Police Anti- bomb disposal squad has barricaded the blast sit to allow free flow of rescue operations.