Five rebellious have lost their lives in a failed bid to infiltrate a community in Maiduguri, to cause havoc, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.The incident took place on Aug. 5 at Kaleri community in Maiduguri, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) confirmed on Monday in Maiduguri.
He explained that the suicide bombers were apparently targeting scores of residents in Kaleri community.
“One of the female bombers targeted a home, where a man and his wife were sleeping outside and detonated her explosive, injuring them.
“The other female bomber knocked on a house and as the owner was opening, she quickly detonated her IED.
“The third bomber only destroyed a building, killing only himself.
“Nobody was killed except the bombers. They were trying to sneak into the neighborhood to cause havoc but their plans failed.
“Their dead bodies were evacuated to the state’s specialist hospital by the team. The injured were taken to the hospital by their love ones,” Danbatta said.
Boko Haram insurgents have been terrorizing Nigerian’s expansive northeast since 2009 in an insurgency that has claimed thousands of lives and displaced millions.
The jihadists, however, appeared to have been decimated by federal troops but the insurgents have resorted to hitting soft targets intermittently.
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