Twin Bombings In Kano Phone Market Leave 15 Dead 53 Wounded

The blast breaks a three-week hiatus in bombings after a string of suicide attacks culminated in twin explosions in mosques in two north-eastern cities that killed 42 people and wounded more than 100 on 23 October.

Boko Haram, an ISIS-linked group, is responsible for using kidnapped girls as young as 10 as suicide bombers, the displacement of 2.2 million Nigerians, and the deaths of 15,000 people in the region since 2009.

The two bombers, who Katsina said were females ages 11 and 18, blew themselves up at about 4 p.m. local time, during the peak of trading, he said.

Facebook has switched on its Safety Check feature in response to the Nigeria bombing.

The attack came less than 24 hours after another suicide bomber killed at least 34 people and injured 80 others in Yola, a northeastern city where many refugees from Nigeria’s uprising reside. Red Cross official Aliyu Maikano and residents said the area targeted was a lorry park which also houses a livestock market, an open-air restaurant and a mosque.

The Global Terrorism Index says 6,644 deaths were attributed to Boko Haram in 2014, making it the world’s deadliest militant group.

Nigeria’s social media buzzed with the news Wednesday. Thirty people, including six women and eight children, had been admitted with injuries, he said.

Eight children were among the dead, said Yola Specialist Hospital director Dr. Bala Sa’id. Suspected members of Boko Haram have killed around 1000 people since President Muhammadu Buhari took office in May, vowing to crush the group.

He said Buhari urged vigilance to help ward off suicide terror attacks on “soft targets”, adding that Nigeria’s “reinvigorated, well-equipped and well-motivated armed forces and security agencies” would overcome Boko Haram very soon.

Militant group Boko Haram has since 2009 waged a campaign of violence in Nigeria in an effort to establish an Islamic state.

“I want to confirm the incidence at Gudunbali but the details you provided were not correct, and Baga has never been attacked”, Mr. Usman said on telephone.

Boko Haram carried out a series of mass killings in Baga between January 3 and January 7, 2015, after the army headquarters there was sacked by the insurgents.