Bomb explosion near army barracks in northern Nigeria's Kano

KANO, Nigeria, April 25 (Xinhua) -- The military in northwestern Kano State of Nigeria said Wednesday night a bomb allegedly placed inside a gutter adjacent to the Army Barracks in the Bukavu area of the state has exploded.

The site of the explosion was also near a shopping complex, but the explosion didn't cause any injuries as the bomb was a small improvised explosive device and there was no anybody around when the explosion happened, according to the Spokesman of the joint Military task force (JTF) Lieutenant Ikedichi Iweha.

Soldiers cordoned off the site of the explosion barring civilians from entering the area.

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