Over 60 Killed in Kano Multiple Explosions

Explosion at bus station.

Over 60 people died yesterday while many others were injured following multiple explosions at the popular luxury buses motor park located at the New Road in Sabon Gari, Kano.
Even though no group has claimed responsibility for the attacks, eyewitnesses claimed that some suicide bombers came to the park to carry out the attack using Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).
The incident, which occurred at about 5:30pm affected five luxury buses when twin bombs exploded as some passengers were boarding the buses at the busy motor park which was filled with passengers, park workers and hawkers, especially children and women.
Two luxury buses were said to have exploded, with the fire from the buses setting fire to three other buses.
Our correspondent, who was at the motor park shortly after the explosions, saw about five luxury buses on fire and men of fire service trying to put it out. Several restaurants and shops were also burnt in the process.
A motor park attendant, Ade Ola, told our correspondent that some suicide bombers had came in a red Golf car and appeared as if they were passengers in a rush to board one of the buses.
According to him, "The explosion happened at about 5:30 pm when all the buses were about boarding. They were filled with passengers and are all dead."
Ade said he saw the remains of a skinny young female hawker of sachet water he knew.
"Many of us saw the suicide bombers coming in two different golf cars," he continued. "One stopped in between the four buses and the other stopped at a distance. We thought them to be passengers. The first bomb exploded before the other.