Two female suicide bombers
were killed on Wednesday morning while attempting to attack a mosque in Borno
State, North-east Nigeria.
The Commissioner of Police
in the state, Mr Damian Chukwu, confirmed this in a statement personally signed
by him.
He revealed the attackers
tried to gain entry into the Alhaji Bunu Mosque during the morning prayers in
Jiddari Polo general area on the outskirts of Maiduguri, the state capital.
Mr Chukwu added that the
bombers who were between the ages of 13 and 16 years were, however, prevented
by the policemen on patrol and unarmed vigilante men also praying in the same
mosque.
“In the ensuing stampede,
both bombers ran into an uncompleted building in the neighbourhoods, collided
and simultaneously exploded, killing only themselves,” he said.
The police commissioner
affirmed that no other casualty was recorded in the incident.
He noted that normalcy has
been restored in the area and the remains of the girls have been evacuated.
Chukwu also said the police
and the EOD team deployed have sanitised and rendered the area safe.
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