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Gunshots heard overnight in northern Nigeria
Jan 24, 2012, 11:24 GMT
Abuja - Gunshots and fresh explosions were heard early Tuesday in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, even as it recovers from a series of coordinated bomb blasts that killed at least 185 people on Friday.
Police sources could not confirm if there were new casualties.
Witness Farida Tahir told dpa that gunshots were heard at around 1 am in three parts of the city.
'We could not sleep, my children were crying all through the night,' she said.
'I peeped through the window and saw teenagers dressed in military outfits, smoking and holding heavy firearms.'
Residents of Kano are currently under a 12-hour curfew, from dusk to dawn.
The terrorist group Boko Haram, which wants sharia law to be implemented across the country, claimed responsibility for Friday's attacks.
It has not yet said whether it was behind Sunday attacks on two churches and a police checkpoint in the northern town of Tafawa Balewa in which at least ten people were killed.
At least six cars packed with explosive devices were discovered by police in Kano on Monday.
Residents fear that the spate of violence that began Friday may not yet be over.
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