Nigerian police show unexploded bombs from Kano attack

It was not clear if the car bombs had been planted before Friday’s attack and
had not gone off, or had been planted after the attack.

The latter possibility has raised fears that Boko
Haram could strike again
in the city of more than nine
million people.

Friday’s attack in Kano saw Boko Haram members spread through the city,
attacking police stations, immigration offices and the local headquarters of
the secret police.

Kano Police Commissioner Ibrahim Idris acknowledged that some Boko Haram
members wore uniforms resembling those of the Mobile Police, the
paramilitary arm of the nation’s federal police, to take control of the
streets.

Others wore camouflage uniforms like those worn by soldiers in the country,
the commissioner said.

“They used that to deceive the members of the public and in the process
shot some of this civilians and some of our police officers. In fact, I can
say most of the casualties of the police are not killed at the police
station but they were killed on the street,” he said.

The assault killed at least 150 civilians, 29 police officers, three secret
police officers, two immigration officers and one customs official, police
said, bringing the death toll to 185 dead.

Medical workers and emergency officials say they still expect the toll to rise
even further.

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