An explosion has occurred in the Sabon Gari area of Kano state, Northwest, Nigeria.
Details of the blast and its cause are still sketchy but visuals from the scene show that it affected some buildings and left several injured including school children.
The visuals also confirm that the blast might have claimed several lives with at least one corpse seen on the floor.
A crowd had gathered right after the blast with some people trying to help the injured and others lamenting the damage.
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It is unclear if one of the buildings housed a school, but the visuals showed several schoolchildren being moved away from the scene. One of them was injured.
In 2014, when Boko Haram Insurgency was at its peak, there was a bomb explosion in Kano orchestrated by the terrorist.
The bomb was targeted at the Kano Central Mosque, around the Emir of Kano’s palace, where many lives and properties were lost.
More details soon…
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