3 Confirmed Dead In Maiduguri Suicide Bomb Attack

Three persons have been confirmed dead in two separate attacks by suicide bombers in the troubled capital of Maiduguri on Wednesday morning security officials confirm.

Danbatta Bello, chieftain of the local vigilante named Civilian-JTF said the first attack which occurred at Usmanti layout of Maiduguri saw the fatal shooting of an advancing male suicide bomber by an observant military sniper who spotted the assailant advancing towards a security check post manned by soldiers.

Bello also revealed that another blast was heard at about 5:30am in Maiduguri, this time, another suicide bomber, a teenage girl, blew herself up after members of the Civilian-JTF, stopped her from advancing towards a mosque where Muslim worshipers were praying.

The chieftain of the local vigilante also noted that the female suicide bomber unfortunately died alongside one member of the Civilian-JTF that tried to stop her while two other victims were seriously wounded

“We are just leaving the site of the second blast now, and everything is calm now”, Bello said.

Continuing, he added that; “We heard the first explosion about some few minutes after midnight but soldiers were able to stop him from carrying out his attack when they shot him near the security check post in Usmanti. His bombs went off not quite 50 meters away from the sandbags at the check post as soon as the soldier sitting on top of a security observation post shot at him”.

“The second one was a young girl who was trying to attack worshipers in a mosque during the early Morning Prayer time at about 5.30am. Some of our boys tried to stop her so she decided to detonate the bomb, which killed her and one of our members. Two others were injured by the explosion as well”.

Confirming the incident, Police spokesman, Victor Isuku, promised that more details of the incident would be provided at a press briefing by Damian Chukwu, the Borno State Commissioner of Police.