6 dead in Kano bomb explosion

Abuja - The police in Kano have confirmed the death of six persons,
including three policemen, in the bomb explosion at Magarsiku Filling
Station at Hotoro, Kano, on Friday.

The Commissioner of Police, Mr Aderinle Shinaba, who confirmed the
incident while addressing newsmen on Saturday, said five other
persons sustained various degrees of injury.

Shinaba said the incident occurred when a suicide bomber went into
the filling station pretending to buy fuel for the vehicle he was
driving.

He said immediately the hoodlum entered the service station, he
detonated the bomb which was inside his car.

He added that two vehicles were completely burnt down, while two
others were damaged.
The commissioner said the injured persons had since been taken to
hospital for treatment.

Shinaba urged the public to be more vigilant and furnish security
agents with useful information to check the activities of insurgents.

He said the damage to other filling stations and vehicles nearby would
have been more if the security operatives and men of the fire service
did not respond promptly.

He noted that "everybody must remain vigilant in order to ensure that
we check the activities of these people.
"We are lucky there are two petrol tankers which will have been burnt
if not for the early arrival of the fire servicemen who quickly put out
the fire.’’

- NAN

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