Residents of Danmani community in Rigasa, Igabi LGA of
Kaduna state, have sustained injuries following an explosion in the area.
Samuel Aruwan, Kaduna commissioner for internal security and
home affairs, confirmed the development in a statement on Saturday.
The incident, which occurred on Friday, was said to have
been caused by an improvised explosive device (IED) planted in a motorcycle
belonging to one Mohammed Hassan, a POS operator in the area.
“According to preliminary investigations, Hassan, at the
close of work, went to pick up his motorcycle where it was parked close to the
shop, and upon starting the motorcycle, it exploded,” the commissioner said.
“The explosion resulted in serious injuries to Hassan and a
yet-unidentified passer-by. There was also damage to the roof of a nearby
structure.”
A member of the vigilante group in the community, however,
told TheCable that four persons sustained injuries in the incident.
“The legs and fingernails of the POS operator were badly
affected and he and three others were taken to the hospital,” the vigilante
operative said.
A police anti-bomb squad was, thereafter, deployed to the
area, during which a second IED, also planted in a motorcycle, was discovered
and defused.
The development comes weeks after the Kaduna government
warned residents to be on the alert for explosives that may be planted in
public places.
The warning, which was issued on February 28, followed the
recovery of an object suspected to be an IED planted in a beer parlour located
along the Nnamdi Azikiwe by-pass in the metropolis.
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