3 female suicide bombers killed in 2 foiled attempts
Ahmad said the second incident occurred around 6:30 p.m. on the outskirts of Giwa Barracks in Maiduguri metropolis.
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Alhaji Satomi Ahmad, Chairman of the State Emergency Management Agency, told NAN that one suicide bomber detonated her Improvised Explosive Device(IED), 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.
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Ahmad said that the insurgents were intercepted by military personnel deployed to the area, who “neutralised” there 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.
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“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.
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