Multiple suicide attacks in Maiduguri,
the Borno State capital, on Tuesday claimed 23 lives, the state Police
Commissioner, Damien Chukwu revealed wednesday.
Those killed were 19 persons, including
12 members of the Civilian JTF, and the four suicide bombers who carried
out the attacks.
The commissioner, who briefed journalists at one of the scenes of the attacks, added that 23 other persons were injured.
He said most of the dead victims were
members of the Civilian JTF who had been working in conjunction with the
military and security agencies to ensure security in the troubled Borno
State, the birthplace of Boko Haram.
Chukwu said: “Twelve Civilian JTF were killed in all the attacks and the rest were civilian victims.”
He lamented that the seven civilian
residents who were killed in the attacks, died when they gathered to
mourn the 12 Civilian JTF operatives.
He said: “The suicide bombers attacked the crowd of mourners, seven of them were killed, leaving many others injured.”ello told journalists that the bombers specifically targeted
his colleagues on duty.
Bello said: “A teenage female suicide
bomber actually crept up to the sandbag post of our boys at Molai and
before they could realise what was happening, she detonated the
explosives on her body and killed three of our boys on guard duty.”
He said the incident happened
simultaneously with another suicide attack at the tea vendor’s joint
where “seven of our members who took time off to eat their dinner were
killed”.
He further revealed that another suicide
bombing took place not too far off from where the first blast took
place, killing one of his operatives who tried to stop the female
bomber, while the fourth blast which occurred at Jiddumeri, also took
the life of anot
her of his operatives.
her of his operatives.
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