About 16 persons have been confirmed dead after multiple suicide attack in Maiduguri in Borno State on Sunday.
According to the spokesman of the Nigerian Police in Borno State, Victor Isuku, the suicide bombers who were four in number, died in the incidents with 12 people also recorded dead.
He noted that 11 persons in an internally displaced persons (IDPs), camp, were also injured.
“Multiple suicide bomb attacks happened yesterday Sunday 18/6/2017, at about 2030hrs, four female suicide bombers detonated IEDs strapped to their bodies in Kofa community, which is about 8km from Maiduguri town and situated along Maiduguri- Konduga road,” Victor Isuku, said.
“The first suicide bomber her bomb detonated near a mosque, killing seven persons. The second detonated in a house killing five persons, while two other suicide bombers detonated within the same vicinity, killing themselves only.
“A total of 16 persons including the four suicide bombers died, while eleven persons sustained injuries and were rushed to the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital. “EOD team was mobilised to the scene and normalcy has since been restored.”
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), had also reported that 16 persons died from the multiple attacks, Sunday.
