The number of casualties from Monday’s
bomb blast in a luxurious bus park in Kano state, has risen to 70.
Tobias Idika, the President of the Ohaneze Ndi Igbo and a witness to the
blast told Channels Television that 70 people have been confirmed dead
and residents are still trying to identify their relatives.
According
to Mr. Idika, five buses were fully loaded with passengers ready to
take off when a golf vehicle suspected to be laden with explosives drove
into the park and exploded.
The Kano state Police command has
disclosed that 22 people died while 65 were injured in Sunday’s two
suicide bomb attacks in a motor park which resulted in the burning of
five buses.
Confirming the numbers, the State Commissioner of
Police, Mr. Musa Daura, told reporters that the two suicide bombers
drove a blue Golf car into a commercial Gobison Motors luxury bus which
was parked on New Road in Sabon Gari, preparing to leave for Lagos.
Mr.
Daura said that the injured persons were taken to various hospitals
within the metropolis for treatment while the corpses were deposited in
the morgue.
According to Mr Idika, many people died instantly
while a yet to be known number of the people were admitted in hospitals
across the state for various injuries.
The Police boss revealed
that two suicide bombers drove a blue coloured car into luxurious bus
park along New Road in Sabon Gari of the city. He added that
investigation is on-going to further ascertain the extent of the
casualties. The affected area has been cordoned off and search operation
by the Joint Security Forces is on-going.
The Police commission
has called on residents to keep calm and continue their normal
businesses as the command will continue to protect their lives and
property. Meanwhile a police woman Hajiya Maimuna who was attached to
Zone One police headquarters in the state was shot dead along farm
center within the metropolis yesterday morning.
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