Female Suicide Bomber Killed In Kano

A female suicide bomber wearing an explosives belt was killed in Kano
as she tried to enter a military barracks December 31.

AFP reports with reference to eyewitnesses that the soldiers opened
fire on the woman wearing hijab after she had refused to be searched
upon approaching the barracks in Bolari. The shots were said to have
immediately detonated the explosives belt wrapped around her.

The woman died on the spot. One of the witnesses, Shuaibu Nasir, narrated:

"The woman refused to stop and continued to advance towards the
military guards at the gates despite repeated orders from them to stop
at a distance.

"The soldiers opened fire on the woman who quickened her pace towards
them and as they fired shots at her she exploded with a loud sound
that shook our buildings."

According to another local, Ahmed Baballe, the bomber was "blown to
pieces" by the impact of the explosion.

"The soldiers didn't take chances with the woman and opened fire when
she showed no sign of stopping to be searched."

It would be recalled that Nigeria's security have recently arrested
Zaharau Babangida, a 13-year-old Kano could-be suicide bomber. The
girl narrated how her own father had introduced her into insurgency
and what had happened on the fateful day of the attack at Kwari
market.