#News: Female Suicide Bomber Attacks College In Nigeria

[HuffingtonPost]

ABUJA, Nov 12 (Reuters) - A female suicide bomber blew  herself up at a teacher training college in Nigeria on  Wednesday, killing at least one other person in the second such  attack on an educational institution this week, police and a  witness said.                

The blast hit Kontagora in central Niger State two days  after a suicide bomber dressed as a student killed at least 48  secondary school pupils in the northeastern Nigerian town of  Potiskum.                

No one has claimed responsibility for either assault. But  Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram has used female  suicide bombers before and attacked schools it says spread  corrupting Western ideas.                

The woman's device went off around midday as she tried to  enter the library at Federal College of Education, Kontagora,  student Samson Kazah told Reuters. He said he saw at least one  other body and the explosion wounded one of his friends.                

"The female suicide bomber blew herself up before reaching  her target," said a police spokesman.                

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan promised on Tuesday to  defeat Boko Haram as he announced he would stand for a second  term in February elections.      (Reporting by Isaac Abrak and Bate Felix; Editing by Andrew  Heavens)
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