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As residents of Kano State begin to heave a sigh of relief that the era of bomb explosions is gone, the Joint Task Force (JTF), in the early hours of Monday, uncovered a bomb factory where bombs and other dangerous equipment were being made in preparation for use during the Eid el Kabir and Christmas celebrations.
The son of the owner of the house where the explosives were being manufactured  was killed during the JTF operation. He was inside the building between 2-3 a.m. when the operation took place.
Speaking with newsmen on Wednesday in Kano, the 3 Brigade commander, Brigadier-General Ilyasu Abba, said the whole festive period could have been a disaster if the huge amount of weapons being manufactured were not discovered .
Among the dangerous weapons which had already been made for an assignment at the terrorists’ hideout at Gunduwawa village in Gezawa Local Government  Area in the ancient city are 193 rounds of 5.3mm ammunition , one AK 47  magazine, 107 rounds of  7.6mm special ammunition and working tools and materials used for making Improvised Explosive Devices (EIDs ).
Others are materials used for making IEDs, which include three primed  cylinders of IEDs, one primed explosive suicide back pack , 18 empty IEDs cylinder,  small bags of fertilizer, IEDs timers, cortex wires, three remote control devices and 24 detonators.
According to Brigadier-General Abba, the JTF team and the Director of State Security Service (DSSS) stormed the bomb factory between 2- 3 a.m. last Monday and succeeded in killing one of the terrorists, who was the son of the owner of the house, The house was allegedly gave out on hire.
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