'At least 2 dead in blast at Northeast Nigeria refugee camp'

Yola: At least two people were killed Friday in a blast at a camp for people displaced by the Boko Haram conflict in northeast Nigeria, the emergency services said.

"There was a blast at Malkohi IDP (internally displaced persons) camp in Yola around 11 o`clock this morning (1000 GMT)," Red Cross official Aliyu Maikano said. State police confirmed the blast.