Women suicide bombers detonated the
bombs, which injured nine other people. It was the second of such
incident in the city in two weeks.
Last month, Kano’s main mosque was targeted during Jumat prayers by Boko Haram militants – blamed for yesterday’s blast – killing hundreds of people.
The Kantin Kwari textile market on the
ever-busy Ibrahim Taiwo Road in the North’s commercial and biggest city,
was yesterday’s scene of horror.
The police confirmed six dead, including
the two women suicide bombers. Police Commissioner Aderenle Shinaba,
said that the incident happened at about 3.30 pm when the bombers, who
were clad in hijab, wanted to enter a bank premises near the market.
He said the security men attached to the bank stopped them.
‘’They later moved away towards the
market and asked for the public utility. One of them immediately
detonated the bomb concealed in her body.
‘’Shortly after the first bomb was detonated, the second went off, instantly killing six persons, including the bombers.”
According to Shinaba, seven other
persons were injured. They were rushed to the Murtala Mohammed
Specialist Hospital for treatment.
‘’We have also taken the dead, including the two female suicide bombers, to the morgue,” he said .
He said the area had been cordoned off
by security agents to prevent hoodlums from using the opportunity to
loot property at the market.
Shinaba said security agencies were
working in collaboration with the officials of the market traders
association to prevent anybody from entering the market under the
pretext of sympathising with people to loot.
“The police ordinance unit is working to ensure that there are no explosives hidden somewhere in the market’’, he added.
Secretary of the Kantin Kwari Traders
Association, Alhaji Abdullahi Abubakar Rijiyar Hudu, said the
pretending bombers asked some traders where they could ease themselves
and when they were shown the location, one of them stopped by a shop and
immediately detonated the bomb concealed in her body, killing the owner
of the shop, alongside three others.
The second bomber, who stood beside the convenience, also detonated the bomb she also concealed in her body, blowing up herself.
The head of the bomber was severed from her body. Her body was mutilated.
It was gathered that a male accomplice
dressed in turban led the bombers into the market. He fled the scene as
soon as the bombs went off.
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