Two female suicide bombers were behind twin explosions which claimed dozens of lives at a market place in Nigeria's Kano state Wednesday, police said.
The young girls, wearing hijab, carried out the attack by detonating their explosive devices at the busiest textile market in the northern region of Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, Xinhua quoted state police chief Adenrele Shinaba as telling reporters.
The blast killed the two women and four others and injured at least seven others, the police chief said.
The market's car park was most affected by the attack, according to Abubakar Abdullahi, chairman of the market traders' union.