Suicide bombers attack Nigeria telecom firms

KANO: Two suspected suicide car bombers blew themselves up in coordinated attacks on Saturday on two major telecoms companies in the volatile northern Nigerian city of Kano, officials said, but no other deaths were reported.

One of the attackers blew himself up when he rammed his car into the gate of an Airtel mobile phone company building, setting it ablaze. The second died when his car exploded outside the office of MTN, Nigeria's largest mobile phone operator, police and the army said.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks in Kano, the largest city in mainly Muslim northern Nigeria, and no reports of any civilian deaths.