Nigeria: Boko Haram suspects arrested after Kano bombings (VIDEO)

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The Nigerian Joint Miltary Task Force arrested 158 suspected members of the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram, three days after a series of bomb attacks that left at least 200 people dead in Kano, Nigeria's second largest city.

One resident said in the dawn operation raid police officers encircled a house where a Boko Haram suspect was believed to be hiding, reported BBC.

"They began shooting, and he fired back ... This was followed by a barrage of gunfire by the security men," said Mohammed Maikubi Bala to the AFP news agency, reported BBC.

The raid lasted several hours.

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Unknown attackers threw explosives at a police station and opened fire on the building on Tuesday evening.

Here is a video of the attack on police in Kano, Nigeria's second largest city:

 Attack on Police in Kano, Nigeria
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