At least 13 people were killed and 34 injured on Wednesday (today) as a gunbattle broke out between police and suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers in Kano, police said.
Kano State police commissioner Adelere Shinaba said the gunmen, whom he described as "insurgents", ran into the Federal College of Education after exchanging fire with police outside the grounds.
"They were obviously suicide bombers. One of our officers shot at one of the gunmen and the explosives on him went off, killing him on the spot," he told AFP.
"Another gunman was also killed. Thirteen people were killed by the gunmen and 34 others have been taken to hospital with injuries."
Most of the victims at the northern teacher training college were in a lecture hall, where the two gunmen ran and opened fire on students.
One student who was having lunch nearby and asked not to be identified, said he saw the gunmen, who were dressed in black, and heard them shouting for all female students to lie face down.
"They were saying (in pidgin English), 'No be you say Boko Haram no they exist' (Is it not you who say Boko Haram doesn't exist?)," he added.
As the shooting started, police opened fire and one of the gunman's explosives detonated. The other was shot dead.
The blast shattered glass and brought down the ceiling in the room, while pools of blood and the remains of the bomber could be seen, an AFP reporter at the scene said.
Police recovered explosives and two Kalashnikov assault weapons, Shinaba said.
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