2 female suicide bombers kill 4 in north Nigeria

December 11, 2014 00:04

Four people were killed when two female suicide bombers detonated their explosives Wednesday in the northern city of Kano, said Nigerian police.

State Police commissioner Aderenle Shinaba said the explosions happened in the busy Kantin Kwari textile market located in the center of Kano, Nigeria's second largest city.

The casualty figure does not include the suicide bombers. Seven people were injured, said Shinaba.Nigeria's Islamic extremist group Boko Haram is suspected of carrying out the bombings.

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