A female suicide bomber today killed four
people at a military checkpoint in a
community in Borno State, a security
source who is a leader of the civilian joint
task force told SaharaReporters.
The source disclosed that the bomber
alighted from a vehicle at a military
checkpoint in the Sabon Gari area of
Damboa, a town in Damboa local
government area of Borno State, and then
detonated her bomb, killing herself as well
as four other people. Scores of people
sustained varying degrees of injuries. Our
source stated that two of the dead were
members of the civilian joint task force that
helps to provide security in the terror-
plagued northeast zone of Nigeria.
“At about 10:30 this morning, a female
bomber wrapped up with explosive devices
exploded herself at a checkpoint killing four
people, including two members of civilian
JTF,” the source said.
The location of today’s bombing is in the
southern part of Borno State, about 90
miles away from Maiduguri, the state
capital.
Islamist terrorists belonging to Boko Haram
have intensified attacks throughout the
Nigerian northeast zone that is ravaged by
sectarian violence. A member of one
human rights group based in Abuja stated
that close to 1000 civilians have been killed
since May 29, 2015 when President
Muhammadu Buhari was sworn in.
Mr. Buhari had ordered the relocation of the
military command to Maiduguri in order to
achieve greater success in the fight against
Islamist insurgents. However, Boko Haram
fighters seem to be regaining momentum,
launching suicide and gun attacks against
civilian and military targets on an almost
daily basis.
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