Suicide bomber killed at least six in a marketplace

Suicide bomber killed at least six a marketplace.
Bombers strike in two separate attacks.

 A suicide bomber killed at least six people and wounded 11 on Friday near a marketplace in north-eastern Nigeria.

"It was a suicide bombing," said Saidu Ahmed Minin, head of operation of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in Gombe. "Six people were killed including the bomber and 11 others were injured. We evacuated them to the hospital."

Witnesses said the blast went off at 7:25pm in the packed market neighbourhood of Kasuwar Arawa, close to the public university in Gombe, which is capital of Gombe state.

"The bomber went into the crowd of people waiting to recharge their telephones at a public charging station and then set off the explosive," said Idris Babandada, a taxi driver.

"The explosion shook the whole neighbourhood."