30 killed in double suicide attack on Nigeria market

KANO, Nigeria: Two female suicide bombers struck at a busy market in Nigeria on Friday, killing at least 30 people, the military said, in the latest bloodshed to hit the country´s restive northeast.

The attack on Madagali, which was recaptured by Nigerian forces from Boko Haram Jihadists in 2015, was the third time the town has been targeted since December last year when two female suicide bombers killed scores.

"At least 30 people have been killed in the suicide blasts carried out by two female suicide bombers in the market," military spokesman major Badare Akintoye told AFP.

"Several people have been injured in the attack," said Akintoye by phone from a military base in the town of Mubi, 100 kilometres away.

While there was no immediate claim of responsibility, the blasts bore all the hallmarks of Boko Haram, which regularly uses women and young girls to carry out suicide attacks in its seven-year insurgent campaign in the troubled region.