in Maiduguri, capital of Nigeria's Borno State, military and hospital
sources said.
The attack is coming three days after a multiple bomb attack in the
city killed more than 50.
A loud blast was heard in Maiduguri just after 4 p.m. (1500 GMT) and a
military source at the scene said a woman had detonated her bomb at a
roundabout near the Monday Market, which has been attacked numerous
times before.
An eyewitness said he believed it had been the work of a female
suicide bomber, and that he had seen her charred and dismembered body.
"The place was very busy. Many people were waiting to pick up taxis
and some were walking down the road when the blast occurred," Reuters
quoted Abdulaziz Olawale as saying.
A source at the State Specialist Hospital said 12 corpses had been
brought to the morgue.
Another bomb was discovered and defused by police on Tuesday in
Babalayi, a densely populated district of Maiduguri and about 500
meters from the scene of Thursday's explosion, a member of the
civilian joint taskforce said. A police spokesman did not immediately
respond to requests for comment.
After Nigeria's general elections' postponement on February 7 by the
electoral body, the insurgents have been thrown onto the defensive
after Chadian and Nigerien troops launched offensives in coordination
with the Nigerian army, successfully reclaiming some important towns
in Borno.
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