TwThe Borno State Emergency Management Agency says three
female suicide bombers were killed in two failed attempts to attack Maiduguri.
The
Chairman of the State Emergency Management Agency, Alhaji Satomi Ahmad, said
that one suicide bomber detonated her Improvised Explosive Device at about
12:00 a.m. on Saturday in Alakaramtii area in Jere area of Maiduguri.
Ahmad said
the second incident occurred around 6:30 p.m. on the outskirts of Giwa Barracks
in Maiduguri metropolis.
He said
four other persons sustained various degrees of injuries.
Ahmad said that the insurgents were intercepted by
military personnel deployed to the area, who “neutralised” their attempts.
“The
bomber, a teenage girl was said to have removed her IED vest and surrendered
after a hot chase by troops on patrol.
“Her
explosives were later found in a plantation and demobilised by the police EOD
team,” he said.
Victor
Isuku, Police Public Relations Officer Borno Command who confirmed the incident
in a statement released in Maiduguri.
Isuku said
that the corpses and the injured victims have been evacuated to the University
of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital.
“The
police EOD team promptly rendered safe the unexploded IED vests and have since
sanitised the area.
“Normalcy
has since been restored to the area,” said Isuku.
(NAN)
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