No fewer than 13 persons were killed Sunday, when a female suicide bomber blew herself up at a busy mobile phone market in Azare, Bauchi state.
65 persons were also injured , the police said.
At least 13 people were killed Sunday and 65 others injured when a female suicide bomber blew herself up at a busy mobile phone market in Azare, Bauchi state in restive northeast Nigeria, police said.
The attack occurred 5:45 pm just as vendors were about closing for the day
No one has yet claimed responsibility for the blast but similar bombings have been carried out in the region by the Islamist militants of Boko Haram.
Residents said the suicide bomber entered the market around 5:45 pm local time (1645 GMT) accompanied by two men, one of whom was killed by an angry mob after the deadly blast.
“The two men tried to flee but they were pursued and apprehended. One of them was lynched to death whereas the other is now in custody,” a witness, Alyu Habib, told AFP.
He said he saw at least eight dead people after the explosion.
Another witness confirmed that one of the two men spotted entering the market with the woman “was killed by the angry mob”. He said the “explosion set the shops on fire”.
The attack near Azare’s stadium was the third bombing in the town in recent weeks.
Last week, a bomb concealed in a bag went off near a cash dispensing machine, killing several people. On October 23, a bombing near a bus station killed at least five people.