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Nigeria's Kano blast leaves six dead, Boko Haram blamed Nigeria Kano blast: Boko Haram blamed for six deaths
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At least six people have been killed after a suicide bomb at a college in northern Nigeria's biggest city, Kano, witnesses say. At least six people have been killed in a suicide bombing at a college in northern Nigeria's biggest city, Kano, witnesses say.
The explosion occurred as students queued to check their names on a new admission list, they added. The female bomber blew herself up as students queued to check their names on a new admission list, they reported.
Bodies lay strewn at the blast site, witnesses told the BBC. This is the fifth attack in Kano since Sunday, at least three of which have been carried out by female bombers.
Militant Islamist group Boko Haram has carried out a wave of bombings and assassinations in Nigeria since launching a brutal insurgency in 2009. Militant Islamist group Boko Haram has been widely blamed for the attacks.
It has waged an insurgency in Nigeria since 2009, and appears to have adopted a new tactic by increasingly using female suicide bombers, correspondents say.
The bomber was hidden in the crowd, a witness, Isyaku Adamu, told the AFP news agency.The bomber was hidden in the crowd, a witness, Isyaku Adamu, told the AFP news agency.
"It was a huge crowd and people were jostling to go through the lists," Mr Adamu is quoted as saying."It was a huge crowd and people were jostling to go through the lists," Mr Adamu is quoted as saying.
The BBC's Yusuf Ibrahim Yakasai in Kano says police have not yet confirmed the blast. Who are Boko Haram?
The number of people killed or wounded is still unclear, but Reuters news agency reports that six people were killed and six others were critically wounded. Who are Boko Haram?
On Sunday, police said a bomb was thrown at worshippers leaving a Kano church, killing four people. Profile: Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau
Separately, a female suicide bomber blew herself up as she was cornered by police near the city's university. Why Nigeria has not defeated Boko Haram
Boko Haram means "Western education is forbidden" in the regional Hausa language. The BBC's Yusuf Ibrahim Yakasai reports from Kano that bodies were strewn around the blast site.
About seven people are said to have been wounded in the explosion.
At least 19 people lost their lives in the series of bombings in Kano in the past week.
In May 2013, Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan imposed a state of emergency in the northern states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa, vowing the crush the insurgency.In May 2013, Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan imposed a state of emergency in the northern states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa, vowing the crush the insurgency.
However, the militants have stepped up attacks, killing more than 2,000 civilians this year, according to New York-based Human Rights Watch.However, the militants have stepped up attacks, killing more than 2,000 civilians this year, according to New York-based Human Rights Watch.