A Woman Killed In Bauchi State.

A mob beat a woman to death in Bauchi state in the belief that she was a Suicide bomber,police  and witnesses say.

The woman-said to be a teenager was attacked when she refused to be screened at the entrance to a market.No explosives were found on her.

A series of suicide bombings in northern Nigeria has been blamed on Boko Haram militants.It wants to enforce strict Islamic law across the country.
Witness say the mob put a tyre sprinkled with petrol over the woman's head and set it on fire after she was beaten.

Police say that she was dead before they arrived on the scene to rescue her and disperse the mob.No arrest were made.