Bomb explodes near busy Kano market

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File photo: Bomb experts and military personnel investigate the site of an explosion at a police station in Kano, 15 November 2015



At least one bomb has exploded near a market in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, officials and residents say.
A blast hit a vehicle loading area at the Kantin Kwari textile market. Boko Haram militants are suspected of carrying out the attack.
Eyewitnesses said the market was hit by two blasts. At least seven people died and 30 were hurt, hospital sources say.
Last month more than 100 people died in a gun and bomb attack during prayers at one of the biggest mosques in Kano.
Kantin Kwari is the biggest textile market in Kano, where people from neighbouring states and other parts of the country come for transactions.
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