3 dead in bomb blast at Nigeria rally

A bomb hurled at a political rally in Nigeria killed three people and wounded 21 others, police said.

The incident occurred at a gubernatorial rally for the ruling People's Democratic Party in Suleja, located in the country's western Niger state.

Elections are scheduled for April in the oil-rich country, the most populous in Africa.

Olusola Amore, national police spokesman, said the explosive was thrown from a moving vehicle, and struck women selling vegetables near the rally. Police were investigating, Amore said.

The Suleja rally was taking place at the same time that the main opposition party, the Congress for Progressive Change, was holding a rally in Niger state.