Bomb-laden cars found

Police in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, which is reeling from a wave of attacks that killed at least 160 people last week, said they found eight cars packed with bombs yesterday.

Residents of Kano said a bomb-laden car was found abandoned outside a government-run fuel station but the explosives were defused by police.

The bombs found were all home-made and were left in cars abandoned by roadsides in the city, the police official said.