Nigeria suicide blast leaves four dead in Kano
A suicide blast in the northern Nigerian city of Kano has killed four people, the BBC reported, citing police.
They say that the blast happened in a street with many bars and night spots.
Witnesses say that the explosion was caused by a bomb in a car in the predominantly Christian area of Sabon Gari. The blast could be heard from several miles away.
The militant Islamist group Boko Haram has carried out attacks in Kano state and other areas of northern Nigeria.
"At about 22:00 (21:00 GMT), we heard an explosion and immediately mobilised to the scene where we discovered a suicide bomber... Five people, including the bomber, were killed," Kano Police Commissioner Adelere Shinaba said.
He said that the victims were "three men and a girl of about 12."
The BBC's Will Ross in Nigeria says that Sunday's blast was so powerful that all that remains of the car is its engine.
Kano is the largest city in the mainly Muslim north of Nigeria.