At least 13 people were killed and 34 others
wounded police fought a battle with suspected
Boko Haram suicide bombers in Kano, northern
Nigeria, the state's police chief said on
Wednesday.
Kano State police commissioner Adelere
Shinaba said the gunmen, whom he described
as "insurgents", ran onto the grounds of the
Federal College of Education after exchanging
fire with police outside. He told AFP:
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"They were obviously suicide bombers. One
of our officers shot at one of the gunmen
and the explosives on him went off, killing
him on the spot. Another gunman was also
killed. Thirteen people were killed by the
gunmen and 34 others have been taken to
hospital with injuries."
You recall that on July 30, a female suicide
bomber killed six people after detonating her
explosives at a noticeboard on the campus of
the Kano Polytechnic College while students
were crowded around it. On July 27, another
female bomber blew herself up outside a
university in Kano after police prevented her
from getting inside the campus. A previous
bombing on June 23 killed at least eight when
it went off in the grounds of the city's School
of Hygiene.
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