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Police bomb experts inspect the scene of a twin
suicide blast at Kano Line bus station in northern Nigeria's largest city of
Kano on February 24, 2015 ©Aminu Abubakar (AFP)
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A twin suicide attack this week at a bus station in
Nigeria's Kano city killed 34 people, a union official said Thursday, giving an
updated toll after police said 10 people died.
Boko Haram Islamist militants have not claimed the
blasts, but the group has repeatedly targeted Kano, including bus stations,
throughout its six-year uprising.
"The victims included 21 passengers in a bus
that was about to leave for its destination, three of our members and 10 petty
traders," said Ahmed Saleh, of the National Union of Road Transport
Workers (NURTW), who is based at the targeted Kano Line station.
He said workers compiled the new toll after
counting the charred remains of victims following Tuesday's attack.
Kano police spokesman Musa Magaji Majia told AFP
that the force's official toll remained at 10 dead.
Two men blew themselves up shortly after getting
off a bus at the station, causing chaos at the station and scattering blood and
human flesh around the site.
Nigeria's is struggling to control Islamist
violence ahead of March 28 general elections.
The vote had been scheduled for
February 14, but security chiefs pushed for a six-week delay, saying the
postponement would provide extra time to weaken Boko Haram before polling day.
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