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BREAKING: Explosion rocks Sabon Gari area of Kano, school children feared dead

An unspecified number of people, believed to be students, are feared dead when an explosion rocked a building on Aba Road in Sabon Gari area of Kano State.

Many people were left injured in the explosion that happened on Tuesday morning.

Details of the blast and its cause are still sketchy but visuals from the scene show that it affected some buildings housing a primary and secondary schools and left several injured including school children.

A resident of the area told Roving Naija she is not sure if it was a gas explosion or a bomb explosion, but confirmed there is panic among residents of the area.

The visuals also confirm that the blast might have claimed several lives with at least one corpse seen on the floor.

A crowd had gathered right after the blast with some people trying to help the injured and others lamenting the damage.

It is not yet clear if one of the buildings housed a school, but the visuals showed several schoolchildren being moved away from the scene. One of them was injured.

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