File photo shows a rescue worker inspecting the wreckage of a car after explosions in Kano on January 21, 2012.
Six people have been killed and six others injured in a series of explosions that rocked Nigeria’s second largest city of Kano, police officials say.
The explosions occurred in the Sabon Gari neighborhood of the city on Monday evening, AFP reported.
“We have had some explosions in Sabon Gari this evening. The explosions happened at open air beer parlors, where people were playing snooker,” Kano State Police Commissioner Musa Daura said.
“I can confirm six dead and six others injured,” he said, adding that the cause of the blasts was not immediately clear.
The blasts sparked panic in the mainly Christian neighborhood. The area has been targeted in the past by the militant Boko Haram group.
Boko Haram — whose name means Å“Western education is forbidden” — says its goal is to overthrow the Nigerian government.
The group has claimed responsibility for a number of deadly gun and bomb attacks in various parts of Nigeria since 2009.
Over the past four years, violence in the north of Africaâ„¢s most populous country has claimed the lives of 3,600 people, including killings by the security forces.
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Republished from: Press TV