female suicide bombers hit Borno
October 01, 2015 at 10:36 pm in News
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By Ndahi Marama
MAIDUGURI- Several female suicide bombers on Thursday evening, sneaked into
Sageri, Ajilari and other outskirts of Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, carrying out
multiple blasts, which sources said, scores of innocent civilians were feared dead and
injured.
Ajilari ward which is an outskirt of Maiduguri had two days before the Eid witnessed a deadly suicide bombings,including an attack on a mosque which leftove 10 people dead
with 97 seriously injured.The multiple explosions in Sageri and Ajilari occurred simultaneously at about
7:30pm after which men of the 7 Division, Nigerian Army responded with their
artelary fire power towards that affected area, a situation that left many residents
fleeing into the main city for safety.
A source close to the scene at Sageri told our Correspondent that the female suicide
bombers who sneaked into the area on tricycle detonated their explosives at a
popular public gathering near a tea seller joint (Mai Shai) in Hausa, while luck ran
out of the other female suicide bomber, as she was apprehended by vigilante youths.
The explosives wrapped into her body, however, failed to explode at her targeting
point.
When contacted, the Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Tukur Gusau said
troops were immediately deployed to the affected area to ascertain the incident, but
declined comment on any casualties.
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