Explosive Devices in Borno state. A suspected Boko Haram suicide bomber who an Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) on his body has killed many people and left many others injured near a mosque in Sulimanti ward of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.
According to Vanguard, two suicide bombers stormed the area, but the one escaped without detonating his IED as a result, the Civilian JTF and volunteered residents are combed the area to arrest the fleeing suicide bomber. Sources said, “the suicide bomber who disguised as a worshipper attempted to enter the nearby Masalacin Kofar Shehu Councillor (mosque) when Muslim faithful were performing their morning prayers, but the IEDs he was carrying exploded few metres to the mosque leaving the suicide bomber dead with few others who were about to enter the mosque injured”.
Speaking about the incident, a resident of Sulimanti, Mallam Ali Aji who was in the mosque when the incident took place said: “immediately after the blast, worshippers had to desert the mosque for dear lives, before men of the Civilian JTF and military arrived the scene and cordon off the whole area, as I am speaking to you now, the charred body of the suicide bomber is scattered all over the place”.
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