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.
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