6 dead in 'Boko Haram' suicide attack in Nigeria

November 15, 2014 03:49

Six people were killed, including three police, in a suicide bomb attack at a petrol station in northern Nigeria's biggest city Kano, police said, blaming Boko Haram militants.

The blast happened at about 7:30 pm (1830 GMT) yesterday at the Nagarshiku filling station in the Hotoro area of Kano, causing a fire that engulfed the facility and set cars ablaze.

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