3rd LD Writethru: Suicide bombers kill 12 at Nigerian bus station: police

At least 12 people were killed in a suicide bomb attack at a bus station in the northwestern Nigeria's city of Kano on Tuesday, barely five hours after a similar blast hit a crowded bus station in the country's northeastern region, local police said.

Police chief of Kano state, Ibrahim Idris, confirmed the 12 deaths, adding that the bodies of the two suicide bombers who carried out the attack were also found.

The official declined to give the figure of the injured.

The attack was carried out at the city's Kano Line Motor park, near a newly-commissioned overhead bridge.

Malam Ibrahim, a member of the local transport union at the park said the death toll might increase as rescue workers were still searching the area.

Hours earlier, at least 14 people were killed when a suicide bomber struck a crowded bus station in the northeastern Nigeria's town of Potiskum, according to medics at a local hospital.

No group has claimed responsibily for the bombing, but local people have blamed the militant group Boko Haram for the attack.

The group has previously carried out several deadly attacks in Nigeria. Endi