Twin bombs in Kano market 'kill 13'
Category: Boko Haram News
Two female suicide bombers have killed 13 people in a market in northern Nigeria's main city, Kano, police say.
Residents say one of the bombs went off inside the Farm Centre mobile phone market, and the other at the entrance.
No-one has said they are responsible but militant Islamist group Boko Haram has previously targeted Kano.
On Tuesday, more than 30 people were killed by a suicide bomber in the north-eastern Yola city in an attack blamed on Boko Haram.
President Muhammadu Buhari condemned the Kano and Yola attacks as barbaric.
Witnesses told AFP news agency the explosions in Kano went off just after 3PM.
Six people were said to have arrived at the scene but two got out of their vehicle and four left before the explosion.
Initials reports said five people had been killed. Police say the number has since risen to 13.
Female suicide bombers have attacked Kano before.
In July Kano was attacked by a female suicide bomber who blew herself up outside a mosque killing herself and injuring another person.
A more deadly attack in November 2014 killed more than 100 people at the central mosque.
Nigerian officials say many girls are forced to become suicide bombers, and are told that if they refuse they will be killed.
The
Global Terrorism Index says 6,644 deaths were attributed to Boko Haram
in 2014, making it the world's deadliest militant group.
On Tuesday, President Buhari ordered the arrest of his predecessor's security adviser, for allegedly stealing some $2bn (£1.3bn) meant for military equipment.
Nigerian soldiers have complained that despite the military's huge budget, they were ill-equipped to fight Boko Haram.
Although the military has this year retaken most of the territory the group had capture
Source: BBC
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