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Eugene

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Sun Apr 29, 2012, 12:52 PM Apr 2012

Deadly attack on Nigeria's Bayero university in Kano

Source: BBC

At least 16 people have been killed in a gun and bomb attack at a university in Nigeria's northern city of Kano, Nigerian Red Cross officials say.

Six others were in a serious condition following the attack at Bayero University campus where Christian worshippers were holding a service.

Police are searching for the gunmen.

No group has said it launched the attack, but the violent Islamist Boko Haram group is active in Kano. It has recently attacked churches.

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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17886143

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