12 confirmed dead in Kano suicide attack: Nigeria
Kano suffered repeated deadly attacks last year
By Muhammad Tijani
KANO, Nigeria
Nigerian authorities confirmed Tuesday that 12 people were killed when two female suicide bombers blew themselves up at a bus station in the northwestern city of Kano.
Police Commissioner Ibrahim Idris said a total of 12 people, including the two bombers, had been killed and five others injured in the blast.
The two women, posing as passengers, mingled with people gathered at a busy Kano bus station before detonating bombs wired to their bodies.
"A whole busload just went up in flames; everywhere is in disarray," Rabiu Madallah, an eyewitness, told The Anadolu Agency earlier.
Earlier Tuesday, at least 13 people were killed – and 31 others injured – when a suicide bomber blew himself up in Nigeria's northeastern town of Potiskum.
The bomber detonated the bomb aboard a 13-seat bus en route to Kano.
Last year, Kano suffered repeated attacks, with twin explosions killing at least 15 people – mostly students – last September.
But the bloodiest attack was on Nov. 28, when suspected Boko Haram militants bombed Kano's central mosque, killing over 100 people.
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