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| Policemen at the scene of the attack |
Three suicide bombers stormed the Federal High Court in Jidari Polo area of Maiduguri early morning on Friday.
The bombers, however, could not do much damage as Nigerian police
contingent stationed in a Catholic church nearby neutralized the bombers
made up of a male and two females before they could inflict damage on
the court.
A police statement disclosed that the bombers, two females and one
male, had apparently planned to inflict death on the police and other
security agents guarding the court.
“By 3:50 a.m. today, mobile police
personnel on guard duty opposite the Federal High Court sighted three
suspected suicide bombers (two females and a male) running towards their
sandbag,” said the statement. It added that the police ordered the
suicide bombers to halt for interrogation.
“In the process, one of them
detonated the [improvised explosive device] strapped to her body,
killing herself and one other male accomplice,” said the police, adding
that the other female survivor “was arrested alive and subsequently
handed over to the military for further exploitation and necessary
follow-up actions.”
Following the incident, police bomb disposal experts arrived at the
scene and detonated unexploded IEDs on the bodies of the deceased
suicide bombers. The police statement disclosed that the second set of
explosions “was as a result of the demolition of the remaining IEDs by
[the] police.”
Security sources in the state told our reporter that only the
suicide bombers died in the attack. The female bomber on the team who
surrendered has been arrested and taken into custody by Nigerian troops.
According to the police, normalcy had been restored around the area.
The arrested female bomber was said to have removed her suicide vest and ran towards the police with her hands
raised and was captured alive.
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