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Bomb blasts 'hit Nigeria's Kano' Nigeria violence: Bomb explodes near busy Kano market
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A series of bomb blasts has struck near a market in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, reports say At least one bomb has exploded near a market in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, officials and residents say.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. A blast hit an area where goods are loaded into vehicles at the Kantin Kwari textile market.
If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. There were no immediate details of casualties. Some 2,000 people have been killed in attacks blamed on Boko Haram Islamist militants so far this year.
Last month more than 100 people died in a gun and bomb attack during prayers at one of the biggest mosques in Kano.
Kantin Kwari is the biggest textile market in Kano, where people from neighbouring states and other parts of the country come for transactions, the BBC's Habiba Adamu reports from the capital Abuja.
The market is always jam-packed with people, our correspondent adds.