At least 156 people were killed in multiple bomb attacks and gunfire battles on Saturday afternoon in Kano, Nigeria?s second largest city.
A military official told CNN hospitals could not handle the number of injured and the severity of the wounds.
Red Cross officials load bodies into a truck in Nigeria's northern city of Kano January 21, 2012. More than 100 people were killed in bomb attacks and gunfights in Nigeria's second largest city Kano late on Friday, a senior local government security source told Reuters, in the deadliest coordinated strike claimed by Islamist sect Boko Haram to date. (Stringer/Reuters)
Red Cross officials load bodies into a truck in Nigeria's northern city of Kano January 21, 2012. More than 100 people were killed in bomb attacks and gunfights in Nigeria's second largest city Kano late on Friday, a senior local government security source told Reuters, in the deadliest coordinated strike claimed by Islamist sect Boko Haram to date. (Stringer/Reuters)
The official said he expected the toll to continue to rise.
The bombings took place at eight government sites, according to the report.
Journalists at the�Daily Trust newspaper said Saturday that Islamist group Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the attacks in a phone call to the newspaper?s offices.
The attacks follow more violence in late December, when bombings at churches in several cities on Christmas day killed dozens of people.
Government officials said Boko Haram also claimed for responsibility for those attacks.
The attacks on Friday hit police�stations, immigration offices and the local headquarters of Nigeria?s secret police, according to the Associated Press.
Source: http://www.medicaldaily.com/news/20120121/8845/kano-attacks-death-toll-estimate-nigeria.htm
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