Six dead in 'Boko Haram' suicide attack at Nigeria petrol station

KANO, Nigeria (AFP) - Six people were killed, including three police, in a suicide bomb attack at a petrol station in northern
Nigeria's biggest city Kano, police said, blaming Boko Haram militants.
The blast happened at about 7.30pm at the Nagarshiku filling station in the Hotoro area of Kano, causing a fire that
engulfed the facility and set cars ablaze.
The petrol station is opposite the scene of a July 28 suicide attack by a female bomber and is used as a base by a military
unit that patrols the area, indicating troops may have been the target.
The soldiers park their patrol vans inside the Nagarshiku petrol station at night, from where they coordinate their operations,
local residents said.