Soldiers Kill 3 Female Suicide Bombers In Bornu

Three female suicide bombers were on Friday morning, November 11, killed by soldiers.



The three women, who were strapped with explosive device on their bodies, were shot 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.

“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.

Also, lately, internally-displaced-persons, IDPs, camps in Borno have been the target of suicide bombers.

Last month, an IDP camp was attacked with a record of casualties.

The government insists that Boko Haram has been defeated, but the sect still carries out attacks on soft targets and on soldiers.