Multiple explosions heard in some parts of Maiduguri, Borno state from
last night into this morning, have been identified as multiple suicide
attacks. Three persons including a male and female suicide bomber as
well as a member of the state Civilian Joint Taskforce, were killed in
the incident.
According to reports, the male suicide bomber was
shot dead by troops while he was approaching a security post in Usmanti
to detonate a bomb strapped on him. A teenage girl who also had a bomb
strapped on her was identified as she made her way to a mosque. When she
was stopped for interrogation, she detonated the bomb,
killing herself and a member of the Civilian Joint Taskforce.
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