16 killed, many injured as explosions rock Bayero University Kano
Monday, April 30, 2012Omoba
Gunmen
attacked church services in the Bayero University Kano (BUK) on Sunday, using
small explosives to draw out and gun down panicking worshippers in an assault
that killed at least 16 people, officials said.
Eyewitnesses
said that the explosion started at about 8.30am this morning, when about seven
attackers hit theatres 2 and 3 where Christians normally conduct their
services.
Sporadic gun shots were also heard at the Kabuga junction close
to the entrance of the University’s old campus.
“The elements came, used explosives and guns to attack them. We
have repelled them and cordoned off the area,” Ikedichi Iweha, an army
spokesman, told Reuters.
“For over 30 minutes a series of bomb explosions and gun shots took
over the old campus, around the academic blocks,” said Mohammed Suleiman, a
history lecturer at the Bayero University.
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