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Bombers kill 3 family members, 1 other — police
Three
members of a family and a civilian JTF member have been killed and eight others
wounded when multiple blasts exploded in Maiduguri on Saturday night, police
and residents said.
A statement
by the Police Public Relations Officer Borno Command, DSP Victor Isuku in
Maiduguri yesterday, said, “About 2100hrs, three suicide bombers, a male and
two females, attempted to infiltrate Maiduguri town through Umarari village in
Molai general area. They were sighted by Civilian JTF and challenged. They
detonated the IEDs strapped to their bodies while running to different
directions.
“Four
people, including a Civilian JTF, a woman and her two children died while eight
others sustained injuries, and have been taken to hospital.
A resident,
Bulama Ali, said the bombers stormed the village and attacked the villagers.
“It is unfortunate that we kept experiencing this ugly situation almost every
week in this axis, we lost three members of a family and a civilian JTF who
sacrificed his life to save us,” Ali said.
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