Two female suicide
bombers blew themselves up in a crowded textile market in north Nigeria's
biggest city on Wednesday, killing at least four, police said.
Kano state police
commissioner Adenrele Shinaba said the blast at the Kantin Kwari market in Kano
city was "a twin suicide bombing carried out by two young girls in
hijab".
"They came by the
market and asked to be directed to a public convenience. The bombs detonated,
killing them and four others," he told AFP. At least seven others were
injured, he added.
This is coming less than
two weeks after the emir’s mosque in Kano was hit by suspected Boko Haram
militants, leading to the death of more than 100 people. Musa Majiya, spokesman
of the Kano state police command, confirmed the attack, saying it was carried
out by two female suicide bombers.
Some 2,000 have died in
attacks blamed on the Islamists so far this year.
Female suicide bombers
have featured in previous Boko Haram attacks.
Trader Nura Sadiq told
AFP news agency: "I heard a huge sound coming from the back of my shop
along Unity Road. I just closed the shop and tried to leave because it's not
safe."
Kantin Kwari is the
biggest textile market in Kano, where people from neighbouring states and other
parts of the country come for transactions. The market is always jam-packed
with people.
On 28 November, more than
100 people were killed in an attack on the Central Mosque in Kano.
No group said it had
carried out the attack but officials said it bore the hallmarks of Boko Haram. The group has been waging an insurgency in Nigeria since 2009.
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