Police Shot Suspect Body Strapped B*mb Explodes

According to report three suicide bombers died Sunday while attempting to attack soldiers attached to the 212 Battalion in Jakana town in Borno State who were conducting stop and search operations, witnesses and security sources said yesterday.

The bombers included a man of about 20 and two girls aged 13 and 14. 

They reportedly approached the checkpoint manned by troops around 11am with explosions strapped to their bodies.

A witness in Jakana, Bana Kana, said four soldiers however sustained injuries during the attack.

"The soldiers at the checkpoint told them to stop at a distance but they refused to respect the order and kept moving confidently," he said.

"When they kept getting closer, the soldiers became uncomfortable and directed them to stop and when it was clear that they had a bad mission, one of them was shot. Two improvised bombs exploded and killed all the three even though another bomb strapped to the waist of one of them did not explode immediately. It was disposed by experts hours later," he said.

Our correspondents gathered that flames from the explosions gutted an articulated vehicle at the checkpoint and burnt everything to shreds.