Number of victims of attacks increasing in Nigeria

At least 215 people have died so far in the attacks on Friday in the Northern Nigerian city of Kano, work of Islamic radical terrorist group Boko Haram, reported yesterday local newspaper "Leadership".

The Rotary Nigerian, one of the most important in the North of the country, based these numbers on the checks carried out by its correspondents, who visited the corpses of several of the major hospitals in Kano deposits.

In addition, newspaper, illustrating the story with a picture of dead bodies stacked in the trailer of a van, indicated that the number could continue to increase, as there are plenty of injuries of gravity in the hospitals visited.

Neither the police nor the Red Cross gave figures still officially that they claim to continue compiling information.

Meanwhile, the Government of Kano State, of which city is capital, declined the curfew of 24 u000ahours previously imposed, so from now on be covered between 1900 and 0600 local time (18.00 and 05.00 hour GMT).

The State Commissioner of information, Umar Farouk, announced last night the measure on the radio so Nigerians can continue to carry out their daily occupations.

, However, armed security forces officers in the city after the attacks are still patrolling the streets of the city and to monitor key points. Most of the attacks, carried out with explosives and small arms, took place in the neighbourhood of Mumbai, where the State police headquarters, several police stations and the official residence of the Superintendent of police, all of them attacked.

In addition to police headquarters the terrorists were also against the offices of the State security (the Nigerian intelligence service) service and immigration.

El "Leadership" added that, in u000aon Friday night, terrorists, dressed in police uniform, returned on the night of Friday to several major stations to continue attacks.

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