Nigeria: Boko Haram suicide bomber girl of 10 years old blows herself up in Maiduguri
A female suicide bomber thought to be just 10 years old has blown herself up in a crowded market in Nigeria, as the US condemns a bloody spike in Boko Haram violence.
At least 19 people were killed at the Monday Market in the Borno State capital, Maiduguri, at about 12:40pm local time when it was packed with shoppers and traders.
Hours later, a suspicious vehicle that had been stopped at a checkpoint outside the city of Potiskum, in neighbouring Yobe, exploded at a police station as its driver was being taken in for questioning.