Soldiers kill three female suicide bombers in Maiduguri

Soldiers in the early hours of Friday
shot three women strapped with explosive
device on their bodies while
attempting to invade Maiduguri, an official
said.

Explosions reverberated across the city
as two of the bombs went off on the women,
killing three of them.

The police spokesperson in the state,
Victor Isuku, a deputy superintendent of
police, confirmed the incident in a text message
sent via his office’s WhatsApp handle.

“This morning at about 0530hrs, three (3)
female suicide bombers with IED strapped
to their bodies were sighted by military
patrol team in Umarari village, near Mulai
towards Maiduguri”, he said.

“They were promptly gun down and the
IED on two of them exploded killing all
three of them. The unexploded IED on the
third was rendered safe and detonated by
Police bomb disposal Unit who promptly
mobilized to the scene”.

Boko Haram’s hostility, especially suicide
bomb attacks, has increased since the release
of 21 Chibok schoolgirls mid October.

The Borno State police commissioner,
Damian Chukwu, recently blamed the increased
Boko Haram attacks on the coming
of the dry season, which, he said, gives the
insurgents ample access routes to invade
the city through bush paths.

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