No fewer than three suicide
bombers were killed by the military on Friday at Simari area of Maiduguri.
The News Agency of Nigeria
(NAN) reports that the incident occurred at Simari, outskirt of Maiduguri at
about 10p.m. when a male and two female suicide bombers tried to infiltrate the
town.
The attack came barely 16
hours after dogs foiled attempt by two suicide bombers who tried to hit a
hospital at Moloi area of Maiduguri.
A witness, Amin Audu, said
that the insurgents took advantage of the night to gain access into Maiduguri.
Audu said that the
insurgents were intercepted by military personnel deployed to the area, who
neutralised there attempts.
He said that the soldiers
shot the male suicide bomber, forcing the explosive strapped to his body to
detonate.
“The powerful blast also
made the explosives strapped to the other ladies to detonate and killing them
instantly,” he said.
According to him, two
members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) also sustained various degrees
of injuries from the blast.
Malam Abdullahi Danbatta,
the spokesman of the CJTF, confirmed that two of their members were wounded in
the attacks.
The military authorities and
the police were yet to issue statement on the incident at press time.
NAN recalls that Maiduguri
and other liberated areas had witnessed upsurge of suicide bomb attacks in
which many lives and property were lost in the past two months.
The insurgents had recently
attacked a team of prospecting oil workers on exploration at Lake Chad Basin.
The insurgents also attacked
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in Maiduguri and Dikwa Local
Government Area of the state.
Also 14 women including
police personnel were recently abducted by the insurgents.
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