Boko Haram terrorists yesterday launched a suicide attack in Mole area of Maiduguri, Borno State capital, killing 15 civilians and destroying eight vehicles in the process. Defence spokesman, Major General Chris Olukolade, who confirmed the attack said 17 other were injured and that one of the victims was a member of a civilian vigilante group.
According to him, “Six of the terrorists died while one has been arrested,” he added in a statement.
Meanwhile, Borno State governor, Kashim Shettima yesterday described the Boko Haram insurgents as lunatics who were crusading for the spread of Islam.
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Boko Haram terrorists yesterday launched a suicide attack in Mole area of Maiduguri, Borno State capital, killing 15 civilians and destroying eight vehicles in the process. Defence spokesman, Major General Chris Olukolade, who confirmed the attack said 17 other were injured and that one of the victims was a member of a civilian vigilante group.
According to him, “Six of the terrorists died while one has been arrested,” he added in a statement.
Meanwhile, Borno State governor, Kashim Shettima yesterday described the Boko Haram insurgents as lunatics who were crusading for the spread of Islam.
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Coming on the heels of the insurgence in the northern part of the country, Boko Haram terrorists has again launched a suicide attack in Mole area of Maiduguri, Borno State capital, killing over 21 civilians and destroying eight vehicles in the process.
According to the Defence spokesman, Major General Chris Olukolade, who confirmed the attack said 17 other were injured and that one of the victims was a member of a civilian vigilante group.
Meanwhile, Borno State governor, Kashim Shettima yesterday described the Boko Haram insurgents as lunatics who were crusading for the spread of Islam.
At least 1,500 lives have been claimed in the restive north-eastern region this year, according to latest figures.
The organisation blamed both “an increase in attacks by Boko Haram with a controlled reprisal by Nigeria’s security forces” for the high death toll.
Tuesday’s explosion happened when a militant blew up a vehicle near a checkpoint in Borno state, the defence ministry said.
The blast took place as soldiers were trying to foil the militants’ attempt to drive several vehicles with explosives into a petrol station, spokesman Brig Gen Chris Okulade told journalists.
Some 250,000 people have fled their homes this year because of the Boko Haram conflict
“Three explosive-laden vehicles were demobilised by shots fired at them by soldiers at the checkpoint,” he said.
But a fourth car exploded, apparently set off by one of the militants.
The violence has forced some 250,000 people from their homes so far this year, according to Nigeria’s relief agency.