Teenager was only victim of blast in large city Kano, as Islamist militants increasingly use young girls and women as human bombs
A girl aged about 13 was killed when explosives strapped to her body went off near a major mosque in northern Nigeria’s largest city Kano, police said, adding that no one else was caught up in the blast.
Kano police spokesman Musa Magaji Majia said on Monday that the explosion occurred at a roundabout, about 200 metres from the Umar bin Khattab mosque, where worshippers had gathered for prayers.
