
At least six people were killed and five others injured on Friday night following a bomb explosion in northwest Nigeria's Kano State, local police said on Saturday.
The incident occurred when a suicide bomber went into a filling station pretending to buy fuel for the vehicle he was driving, Aderinle Shinaba, the state commissioner of police told reporters.
The police chief said immediately the hoodlum entered the service station, he detonated the bomb which was inside his car.
He added that two vehicles were completely burnt down, while two others were damaged.
Shinaba said the injured persons had since been taken to hospital for treatment.
Nigeria has been witnessing some of the worst violence in years. Terrorism and violence activities by Boko Haram terrorists have killed thousands of civilians in Nigeria, according to a recent UN report.
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