Three suicide bombers attacked
a military check along Damboa road in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital on
Saturday, killing four persons.
DAILY POST gathered that the
attack, which occurred about 8 a.m, close to the Federal Road Safety
Commission, FRSC, office also left six persons injured.
The blasts was reportedly
targeted at security operatives.
It was still not clear if any
of the security operatives at the checkpoint was affected by the bomb blasts.
Speaking with some residents,
they disclosed to DAILY POST that the victims had been evacuated by soldiers to
the hospital.
According to them, two of the
female suicide bombers were also killed, while the other one was still alive.
One of the residents “the
soldiers saw the three bombers coming towards them; they suspected them, but
while they were calling on them, the two ran towards the soldiers and detonated
the explosives, while the other one escaped in the process.”
Source: Daily Post Newspaper
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