Three Suicide Bombers Die in Failed Borno Attacks
Yesterday Sunday 2nd April, 2017, 3 suicide bombers died in a failed attempt to blow up Muna general area and Dusuma village. Reports said that the first bomber detonated his explosive at Muna garage near Gujeri fuel station, destroying a 45,000-litre petrol tanker waiting to discharge fuel.
The second bomber also killed himself but injured an 80-year-old man who was providing security watch to Muslim worshippers at Dusuma village.
“The bomber attempted to gain entrance into the mosque but the old man accosted and stopped him. He detonated himself and injured the 80-year-old man (name withheld). The man was rushed to the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH),” a security source told TheCable.
Victor Isuku spokesman of the State Police Command confirmed the attacks “At about 0438hrs, two male suicide bombers detonated Improvised Explosive Device (IED) strapped to their bodies by Alhaji Bukar Gujari Filling Station in Muna Garage area, Maiduguri, killing themselves alone,” said Isuku.
“A truck was partly damaged. Also at Dusuma village in Jere local government area, a suicide bomber detonated his IED strapped on him killing himself, while one person was injured,” he added.
Muna has suffered not less than seven different Boko Haram suicide bomb attacks. The town’s borders are porous and it also contends with the congestion of motorists and transporters loading consignments to Lake Chad, Niger and Cameroun.
Meanwhile, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has directed all army commanders in the North-east to work closely with members of Civilian JTF, vigilante groups and traditional rulers to finally push out Boko Haram from the zone.
