Kano blast toll rises to 26

At least 26 people died in an explosion that occurred at a bus station in Kano Tuesday. Witnesses said 20 people, including 18 passengers, the driver and conductor of a bus, all died in addition to six militants.

Three of the militants, who detonated their explosives were killed instantly, while another three who attempted to run but were caught and set alight. The Kano state Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Idris, had earlier confirmed the death of 12 persons, including two suicide bombers, in today’s bomb attack on Kano Line Motor Park on Zaria Road, Kano. He did not say how many people were injured.