Sunday 22 November 2015

Police: 8 killed in Borno terrorist attack

Borno state police commissioner Aderemi Opadokun has confirmed in a statement the suicide bomb attack which took place in Mafia, a town in Borno State on Sunday, killing at least eight persons.

"Yes, at about 1040 hrs of Sunday, 22/11/15, a suspected female suicide bomber while approaching Mafa checkpoint on foot at Galimari Village  detonated an IED strapped to her body in the midst of a crowd trying to enter Maiduguri,'' the statement read.  ''The explosion killed eight persons including the bomber, eight others were injured. Scene of the incident was visited, the victims and corpses conveyed to hospital and investigation in progress and the area is now safe."

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