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| Nigeria: Polio shootings in Kano 'kill 12' | Nigeria: Polio shootings in Kano 'kill 12' |
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| Twelve people, including polio vaccinators, have been killed in two shootings at health centres in northern Nigeria, witnesses have told the BBC. | Twelve people, including polio vaccinators, have been killed in two shootings at health centres in northern Nigeria, witnesses have told the BBC. |
| In the first attack in Kano four polio vaccinators were shot dead by gunmen who drove up on a motor tricycle. | In the first attack in Kano four polio vaccinators were shot dead by gunmen who drove up on a motor tricycle. |
| Thirty minutes later gunmen opened fire on women waiting with their children in Hotoro, outside Kano city. | Thirty minutes later gunmen opened fire on women waiting with their children in Hotoro, outside Kano city. |
| In 2003, northern Nigeria's Muslim leaders opposed polio vaccinations, claiming they could cause infertility. | In 2003, northern Nigeria's Muslim leaders opposed polio vaccinations, claiming they could cause infertility. |
| Kano banned motorbikes from carrying passengers after a recent attack on the prominent Muslim leader, the emir of Kano. | |
| Residents told the BBC's Yusuf Yakasai in Kano that those injured in the shooting at the health centre there had been taken to hospital. | |
| It is not clear if health workers were among the casualties in Hotoro, where gunmen also approached using a motor tricycle. | |
| Analysts believe the attack last month on the emir of Kano may have been the work of the militant Islamist group Boko Haram. | |
| The group - whose name translates as "Western education is forbidden" - says it is fighting to overthrow the government and impose Sharia. | |
| It has been blamed for the deaths of some 1,400 people in central and northern Nigeria since 2010. | |
| Nigeria is one of only three countries where polio is still endemic. |