(CNN) -- At least four people were killed and another 13 wounded Friday in a bomb blast at an army barracks in Abuja, Nigeria, the deputy police commissioner said.
Deputy Police Commissioner Olusola Amore said three of the dead and six of the wounded were women. Police bomb experts were on the scene, he said.
Yushau Shaib, a spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency, said that the blast took place at about 7 p.m. in the Sani Abacha barracks' Manny Market, where people had gathered to celebrate the new year. The area was evacuated and civil defense and fire services were on the scene, Shaib said.
A second blast reported at a nearby church appears to have been fireworks, Shaib said.
Earlier, a police source, who asked to remain anonymous because he was not authorized to speak to the media, said that at least 11 people had been killed. CNN
