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Nigeria college 'hit by suicide bombing' | Nigeria college 'hit by suicide bombing' |
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A female suicide bomber has blown herself up at a college in north-central Nigeria, witnesses say. | A female suicide bomber has blown herself up at a college in north-central Nigeria, witnesses say. |
The bomb exploded as the woman was about to enter a hall packed with students at a college in Kontagora town, the witnesses added. | The bomb exploded as the woman was about to enter a hall packed with students at a college in Kontagora town, the witnesses added. |
Casualties numbers are unclear, but lecturer Andrew Randa told the BBC he had seen four bodies - some of them decapitated. | |
Militant Islamist group Boko Haram is waging an insurgency in Nigeria. | Militant Islamist group Boko Haram is waging an insurgency in Nigeria. |
The group has declared a caliphate, or Islamic state, in areas it controls in north-east Nigeria. | The group has declared a caliphate, or Islamic state, in areas it controls in north-east Nigeria. |
It has carried out a spate of bombings and assassinations in north-east and north-central Nigeria since launching its insurgency in 2009. | |
Mr Randa said he heard a deafening blast and then there was pandemonium as people ran away from the scene. | |
Soldiers rushed to the college and sealed off the area, he said. | |
Three of the four bodies he had seen were of women, Mr Randa added. | |
Other witnesses said the bomber died in the blast, and there were many casualties. | |
At least seven people were wounded and rushed to hospital, they told the BBC Hausa service. | |
There have been several bombings in Nigeria over the last two weeks - the worst of which was a suicide attack on a school in Yobe State on Monday, killing 46 teenage boys. | |
Boko Haram is opposed to Western education, and believes that Muslim boys and girls should only receive an Islamic education. |