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The Police authority in Kano on Monday confirmed that a total of 186 persons died from last Friday multiple bomb blast that rocked the ancient city of Kano.
A statement signed by the Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris in Kano put the civilian casualty at 150, while his Command lost a total of 29 personnel during the attack.
The statement further revealed that the state security service lost three personnel, Nigerian Immigration Services lost two officers, the Nigerian Custom Services lost a personnel, while the Nigerian Union of Journalist lost a member .
The Commissioner of Police stated that the sect attacked seven targets in the state which included, Zonal Police Headquarters along BUK road, where a suicide bomber crashed through the gate detonated a bomb and caused maximum damage to the building.
Other places which were attacked simultaneously by the group were Zaria Road Police Division, Immigration office, Farm Centre police Division,, SSS headquarters, the official residence of the Assistant Inspector General of Police , and St. Louis Secondary School.
The police boss revealed that two cars heavily loaded with explosive devices, primed for suicide mission at the Command headquarters at Bompai were repelled, adding that the first suicide bomber drove through the JFK end of Bompai barracks and the officers on duty prevented him from gaining access to the barracks, he detonated it on the road”.
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