Two suicide bombers have died in Borno state after being stopped for questioning by the police.
Three
suspects, two females and one male, were apprehended on Friday,
November 18 at the Jiddari Polo area of Maiduguri, the state capital.
However, one of the female bombers detonated her device killing herself and the male suspect.
“By 3:50am today, mobile Police
personnel on guard duty opposite the Federal High Court, Jiddari Polo
area of Maiduguri, sighted three suspected suicide bombers (two females
and a male) running towards their sandbag,” police spokesman, Victor Isuku told Punch.
“They
(Police) ordered them to a halt for questioning. In the process, one of
them detonated the Improvised Explosives Device strapped to her body,
killing herself and one male accomplice.
“The
other female survivor was arrested alive and subsequently handed over
to the military for further explanation and necessary follow-up actions.
“Police
bomb disposal units also mobilized to the scene to detonate IEDs that
have yet to explode on the bodies of the deceased suicide bombers," he added.
The incident come one week after soldiers shot three women with bombs strapped to their bodies in Maiduguri.
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