Kano: Explosions and gunfire were
heard early Tuesday coming from an area near a police station in the Nigerian city of Kano, where coordinated attacks and gun
battles last week killed at least 185 people.
An AFP correspondent heard some 15 blasts and gunshots
coming from the vicinity of a mobile police headquarters.
Details were not immediately clear. One resident reported a
similar account.
"I was awoken from sleep by explosions and gunshots
coming from the mobile barracks and police station opposite,"
the resident said, adding that they had stopped after several
minutes.
"It's terrifying ... It's too dangerous to go out,
besides there is curfew."
A nighttime curfew is in effect in the wake of
Friday's attacks in Kano claimed by Islamist group Boko Haram.
PTI
First Published: Tuesday, January 24, 2012, 14:24