Female suicide bombers hit Kano again

There was confusion in Kano on Wednesday as bombs exploded near the popular Kanti Kwari Textile Market along Ibrahim Taiwo Road.

Six people, including two female suicide bombers, who alleged detonated the bombs, were confirmed dead.   Nine   sustained varying degrees of injuries.

The Kano State Police Commissioner, Mr. Aderenle Shinaba,   told journalists at the scene of the blasts   that the incident occurred at about 3.30 pm. Coinue..

He explained that the female bombers, clad in hijab, wanted to gain entry into the Access Bank premises, adjacent to the market.

Shinaba said the security men attached to the bank halted   them on the suspicion that they did not look like people who had any business to do in the bank.

Shinababa said, “They later moved away towards the market area and asked for public utility and immediately after one of them detonated the bomb concealed in her body.

“Shortly after the first bomb was detonated, the second went off, which instantly killed six people, including the female suicide bombers.”

The police chief added that the injured were rushed to the Murtala Muhammed Specialist Hospital for treatment.

“We have also taken the dead ones, including the two female suicide bombers to the morgue,” he said.

Shinbaba said that security agencies were working in collaboration with the officials of the market traders association to prevent looting of property in the market.

Also, the Secretary of the Kantin Kwari Traders Association, Alhaji Abdullahi   Rijiyar-Hudu, explained that one of the bombers, believed to be Boko Haram members, stopped by a shop and immediately detonated a bomb , killing the owner of the shop, alongside three others.

The other female suicide bomber, according to Rijiyar-Hudu, who stood close   also detonated the bomb   concealed in her body, blowing up herself in the process.

“The impact was so much that the head of the female suicide bomber was severed from her body while her remaining parts were mutilated. But she succeeded in killing six people,” he said.

The city’s central mosque was on November 28, 2014 bombed by suspected Boko Haram insurgents. Over 200 people were reported to have died in the incident.