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| Scene of previous bombing
Seven suspected Boko Haram terrorists were on Monday killed when an
Improvised Explosive Device hidden in a Toyota Pick-up van they were driving in
exploded before they could get to Biu Market, Maiduguri, the Borno State
capital.
A security source, who spoke on condition of anonymity from Biu, said
the suspected terrorists hid the explosives among bags of beans and maize to
create the impression that they were traders going to the market. But the IEDs
exploded before they could get to the market, which the source said was their
main target.
He said, “A Toyota pickup van loaded with maize and beans with IED
hidden under it belonging to Boko Haram insurgents exploded near Chikwarkir
village of Biu killing all its seven occupants.
“The insurgents must have intended to sneak into Biu Market to detonate
the explosives and thereby kill many people. As you know, it is harvest period
and people are taking their farm produce to the market but thank God the bomb
exploded before they could get to the market.”
The soldier said that the insurgents must have specifically chosen
Monday because they knew that Monday and Thursday were market days in Biu town,
the headquarters of Biu Local Government Area of the state.
A transporter, Yusuf Ahmed, said they saw on Monday the corpses of the
dead Boko Haram members along the roadside near Chikwarkir village.
He said, “We thought they were victims of an auto crash but the
villagers told us they were members of Boko Haram sect that were trying to
carry explosives to Biu Market but it exploded before they even got to Biu.”
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