BOKO HARAM: Kano Bombed?

A series of loud explosions rocked Nigeria’s second city of Kano on Monday, residents said, describing at least four blasts in the Sabon Gari neighbourhood, which has been previously targetted by Boko Haram Islamists.
“There is confusion all over the place. There were four huge explosions, so huge that they shook the whole area. Everywhere is enveloped in smoke and dust,” said Chinyere Madu, a fruit vendor.
The blasts were said to have targetted Enugu street in Sabon Gari, a strip filled with outdoor bars and eateries.
Resident Kola Oyebanji said he believed “beer parlours” were the target.
“My house is not far from there,” he told AFP. “All my windows are shattered.”
Kano is the largest city in Nigeria’s mainly Muslim north, but Sabon Gari is a mostly Christian neighbourhood.
The cause of the blasts was not immediately clear, with police and emergency officials in Kano not available to comment.
Boko Haram, the extremist group which has said it is fighting to create an Islamic state in northern Nigeria, was blamed for coordinated suicide blasts at a bus park in Sabon Gari in March that killed at least 22 people.
Source: Vanguard
UPDATE: Over 11 people dead
Saharareporters has just learnt that at least 11 people have died in a drinking joint on New Road in Sabon Garin area of Kano following the explosion of a an improvised Explosive Device believed to have been planted by Bopko Haram.
A security source in Kano told Saharareporters that after the bomb exploded heavily armed militants shot and killed several patrons of the bar as they tried to run to safety.
The death toll was likely to be higher than 11 according to our source..
"Our people on the scene and have reported that they have so far recovered 11 bodies from the scene of the attack," says the source.
He added that the recovery process is still ongoing., we expect to recover more bodies.
Witnesses on the scene have stated that there might have been more than one bomb explosion.
Sabo Garin, which literally means visitors quarters has a high concentration of christian elements from the Southern parts of Nigeria. Boko Haram has in the past targeted churches, bars and clubs frequented by non-indigenes in the area.
More detail soon....
Source: Sahara Reporters