A bomb reportedly went off at a petrol station in Kano this afternoon.
At least four people have been killed and seven injured in a double attack by female suicide bombers near a market in Kano, northern Nigeria, police say.
One blast hit a vehicle loading area at the Kantin Kwari textile market. Boko Haram militants are suspected of being behind the attacks.
It will be recalled that last month more than 100 people died in a gun and bomb attack during prayers at one of the biggest mosques in Kano.
Some 2,000 have died in attacks blamed on the Islamists so far this year.
According to Kano state police commissioner, Adenrele Shinaba, the attacks had been carried out by “two young girls in hijab [Muslim headscarves]”.
“They came by the market and asked to be directed to a public convenience. The bombs detonated, killing them and four others,” he said.
Abdullahi Abubakar, secretary of the market traders’ syndicate, said that the first bomber blew herself up near toilets at about 2:30pm local time while the second attack took place shortly afterwards near another toilet block, he added.
In recent times, female suicide bombers have featured in previous Boko Haram attacks.
A trader, Nura Sadiq told an online medium “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.
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