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Twin bombs in Nigeria market 'kill 13'

November 18, 2015 5:07 pm

Two female suicide bombers have killed 13 people in a market in northern Nigeria’s main city, Kano, police say.

Residents say one of the bombs went off inside the Farm Centre mobile phone market, and the other at the entrance.

No-one has said they are responsible but militant Islamist group Boko Haram has previously targeted Kano.

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On Tuesday, more than 30 people were killed by a suicide bomber in the north-eastern Yola city in an attack blamed on Boko Haram.