Borno State police command said
yesterday two suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers attacked the Sabon Gari
village market in
Damboa local government area, killing five persons, including
the suspects, and injuring five others.
The suspects, according to the
police, detonated the Improvised Explosive Devices, IEDs strapped to their
backs in the market square on Tuesday at 11am.
Sabon Gari is in Sambisa Forest on
Maiduguri-Biu road; and is150 kilometres south of Maiduguri, the state capital.
The state Police commissioner, Mr.
Aderemi Opadokun, who disclosed this yesterday in Maiduguri, said three traders
died in the Sabon Gari twin blasts.
“The insurgents are continuing
attacking soft targets of markets, motor parks and hospitals in the Sambisa
Forests and its environs.
“Yes, on Tuesday morning at
about 11am; twin explosions occurred at the Sabon Gari market in Damboa
council area of Borno State after two suspected suicide bombers sneaked into
the village market square and detonated the explosives strapped to their bodies
and killed three persons.
‘’The suspects also died in the
blasts, while five others sustained injuries,” the police commissioner said.
He said the corpses of the dead had
been evacuated, while those injured had been moved to hospitals for treatment.
Sabon Gari was early this year
attacked by the insurgents who killed over 25 villagers, and snatched food
items and other livestock after torching several houses and shops.
Tuesday’s market blasts bring
to 185 the number of those killed in insurgents’ attacks this month as Kukawa
and Monguno towns as well as Malari, Zabarmani and Hadamari villages had
earlier been attacked.
Source: Vanguard Newspaper.
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