Update on Kano blast: Police said 4 were killed

Contrary to the previous reports which said over 10 people died as a result of the blast in Kano state, police in recent  report, reduced the death toll to 4. 

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Four people were killed, including a young girl, in the suicide car bomb attack, the Kano State  police  Mr. Adelere Shinaba  commissioner said.

“At about 2200 (2100 GMT), we heard an explosion and immediately mobilised to the scene where we discovered a suicide bomber, five people, including the bomber, were killed,” Adelere Shinaba told reporters, adding that the victims were “three men and a girl of about 12″.

Shinaba said it was too early to say who was responsible for the attack, which happened in the busy Sabon Giri district of the city.

Locals also said the blast was on a busy road lined with bars in the predominantly Christian area of Sabon Giri, and the blast could be heard several kilometres (miles) away,  Channels television said 10 people had been killed.

Another eye witness who call Vanguard on phone said that about twenty five people were killed as a result of the bast.

A Reporter said the charred and mangled remains of five cars could be seen outside one of the many bars and eateries on the now deserted street, which was dimly lit because of power cuts.

A sixth car, a Volkswagen Golf said by police to have been used by the bomber, was ripped into three pieces, with its engine resting on the roadside.

Windows on the two-storey buildings lining the street were smashed and armed police and soldiers stood guard.

The blast happened at about 9:30 pm (2030 GMT) when the area was crowded with revellers as well as street hawkers and traders.

Witnesses claimed that a car was left in the Middle Road area of Sabon Giri and its driver left on a motorbike. The blast happened soon afterwards.

Kano is Nigeria’s second-most populous city and a commercial centre for the whole of the Muslim-majority north.