Reuters have reported that gunfire and explosions rang out through Nigeria's main northern city of Kano on Tuesday as Nigerian forces battled Islamist militants in a raid on one of their hideouts, witnesses and the military said.
Residents of the Sabuwar Gandu area of Kano awoke to several loud blasts and a raging gun battle. There were no immediate reports of casualty figures.
"Our men just raided one of the hideouts of the elements ... where we discovered explosives and weapons," said a spokesman for the Joint Task Force (JTF) in Kano, Lieutenant Iweha Ikedichi.
"We were kept awake by bomb blasts and gunfire. It is really terrifying. We can't say where exactly the blasts are coming from. Everyone is indoors," Anthonia Okafor, a student at Kano university who lives in the Sabuwar Gandu area, told Reuters by telephone.
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