Death toll continues to rise in northern city after a series of co-ordinated attacks targeting police and state offices.
A series of bombings and attacks claimed by the radical Islamist group Boko Haram has left at least 140 dead and many more injured in northern Nigeria's largest city, a witness has told Al Jazeera.
Maude Gwadabe, a journalist in Kano, said victims from the attacks on Friday were taken to different hospitals or treatment centres.
He said: At least 140 people died. The Red Cross and Nigerian emergency services have collected the victims and brought them to one hospital [Murtala Central Hospital], and indeed, hospital officials say 140 people were killed."
In a statement released on Friday, Boko Haram said the blasts were revenge for the recent arrests of its members in Kano.
"We are compelled to write this letter to inform Kano residents of this development," wrote Abubakar Shekau, the group's leader.
A Nigerian Red Cross spokesman said: "Many agencies are involved in the evacuation of corpses from the streets," the source said on Saturday under condition of anonymity, because he was not authorised to speak publicly following Friday night's attacks.
"From our tally, we have 121 so far," he said.
Gunfire continued to echo through some areas of Kano on Saturday, despite a strict curfew imposed on Friday night which will remain in place until further notice, local officials said.
The attacks were a co-ordinated series of explosions and gunfire, some of which targeted police.
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