A series of blasts targeting buses loaded with passengers in Nigeria's largest city of Kano on Monday killed at least 20 people, a rescue official told AFP.
"I saw three buses on fire, one of them was fully loaded with passengers waiting to leave the station at the time of the blasts. At the moment, there are at least 20 people dead," said the rescue official who requested anonymity.
Residents said the explosion occurred at a bus station in the city of Kano, causing panic and injured bystanders to flee the area.
The security forces did not immediately comment on the blast in the Sabon-Gari area of Kano.
"There was a huge blast at the New Road motor park" said area mechanic, Tunde Kazeem. The blast was followed by billows of black smoke and there was a lot of rushing out of the motor park, some of them with blood on their clothes.
Kano is among the northern cities attacked repeatedly by Islamic group Boko Haram, blamed for killing hundreds of people in Nigeria since 2009.
A series of blasts targeting buses loaded with passengers in Nigeria's largest city of Kano on Monday killed at least 20 people, a rescue official told AFP.
"I saw three buses on fire, one of them was fully loaded with passengers waiting to leave the station at the time of the blasts. At the moment, there are at least 20 people dead," said the rescue official who requested anonymity.
Residents said the explosion occurred at a bus station in the city of Kano, causing panic and injured bystanders to flee the area.
The security forces did not immediately comment on the blast in the Sabon-Gari area of Kano.
"There was a huge blast at the New Road motor park" said area mechanic, Tunde Kazeem. The blast was followed by billows of black smoke and there was a lot of rushing out of the motor park, some of them with blood on their clothes.
Kano is among the northern cities attacked repeatedly by Islamic group Boko Haram, blamed for killing hundreds of people in Nigeria since 2009.
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