Kano suicide bombing: Six persons, including 3 policemen died - Police

 The police have said that six persons, including three policemen died in the bomb explosion at Magarsiku Filling Station at Hotoro, Kano, on Friday.

Briefing the press on Saturday, the Commissioner of Police, Adenrele Shinaba, said five other persons sustained various degrees of injury.

According to him, a suicide bomber drove into the filling station pretending to buy fuel for the vehicle he was driving. The bomber detonated the bomb which was inside his car immediately he drove in.

Shinaba added that two vehicles were completely burnt down, while two others were damaged.
It was realized that for the prompt response of security operatives and the fire service, the damage to other filling stations and vehicles nearby would have been more.

Shinaba also said: “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.”