Nigeria violence toll rises to 185
January 24th, 2012 - 2:13 am ICT by IANSAbuja, Jan 24 (IANS) The toll in the killings in Nigeria has risen to 185, police said in a statement.
A statement issued by police in Kano state Monday night said the dead included 150 civilians, 29 police officers, three secret police officers, two immigration officers and one customs officer, Xinhua reported.
An Indian was among 162 people killed Friday evening as heavily armed Islamists carried out a deadly Mumbai-style terror attack in Nigeria’s second largest city Kano in Kano state, media reports and Indian officials said.
Six other Indians, including two children, were wounded.
Eleven more people were killed in terror attacks Sunday in the northeastern Bauchi state, state police commissioner Ikechukwu Aduba said Monday.
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