so sad....The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Damian
Chukwu, has confirmed to newsmen in Maiduguri that six people have been
declared dead following some suicide bombings in the town on Friday.
He said, “side from the explosion near a
mobile Police location in Jiddari, we had two other suicide bombings
along Maiduguri-Gamboru road.
“In the first case, a suspected male
suicide bomber detonated his explosives after he was stopped at the
entrance of the Muna Garage, killing himself instantly,” Chukwu said.
He said that another suspected male
suicide bomber detonated his explosives on the same road a few meters
away, killing himself and two local vigilantes called Civilian JTF.
”In all, we recorded six deaths, comprising four suspected bombers and two vigilantes.
“This is about the sixth or seventh
suspected suicide attack in the last couple of days. The Police and
other security agents are working hard to stop the ugly trend,” Chukwu
said. (NAN)
Two female and one male suicide bombers who had IEDs strapped on them,
had attempted to attack a checkpoint close to the Federal High Court
Complex in Maiduguri when they were sighted and stopped by vigilant
police officers. One of the female suicide bombers detonated the IED on
her killing her and the male suicide bomber. The other female suicide
bomber was arrested and has been handed over to the military for
questioning. More photos abeg
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