A teenager suicide bomber blew himself up on Friday at a busy market in northern Nigeria killing at least ten people and injuring 28.

Witnesses say that a huge blast occurred at around midday in the market  in Gombi in Adamawa state, where the jihadist Boko Haram group is waging an insurgency.

Trader Mustapha Jalo told AFP: “I heard a huge explosion coming from the grain section, which is at the edge of the market.

“Many of us rushed to the scene and we found carnage. People were scattered everywhere.

“I can say over 10 people died in the explosion. I can’t give precise number of the injured but there are many.”

Adamu Ahmad, a security guard at the market, said that the bomber was believed to be a boy aged around 12.