Post by play on Dec 6, 2012 15:51:29 GMT
Eight suspects arrested for throwing explosives at police vehicle in Kano
The Kano State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of eight suspects for allegedly throwing an explosive device at a police vehicle along Ring road on the outskirt of Kano.
A statement by the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris in Kano, said the incident happened at about 7.30 a.m. on Thursday, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
“On Thursday at about 07.30hrs, when a police patrol team was heading to its duty post along Ring Road, the occupants of a Taxi Golf car coming behind threw an explosive device at the police vehicle,” the statement said.
It added that the policemen immediately disembarked from the vehicle, cordoned off the area, and arrested the eight occupants of the car.
The statement said nobody sustained injury during the attack while investigation had commenced.
NAN recalls that the state had within the week recorded two incidences of bomb blast
The Kano State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of eight suspects for allegedly throwing an explosive device at a police vehicle along Ring road on the outskirt of Kano.
A statement by the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris in Kano, said the incident happened at about 7.30 a.m. on Thursday, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
“On Thursday at about 07.30hrs, when a police patrol team was heading to its duty post along Ring Road, the occupants of a Taxi Golf car coming behind threw an explosive device at the police vehicle,” the statement said.
It added that the policemen immediately disembarked from the vehicle, cordoned off the area, and arrested the eight occupants of the car.
The statement said nobody sustained injury during the attack while investigation had commenced.
NAN recalls that the state had within the week recorded two incidences of bomb blast
