15 wounded as suicide bombers hit Nigerian army barracks


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ABUJA, June 21, (Xinhua/ GNA) – Fifteen people
were wounded following an attack by two suicide bombers who hit an army
barracks in Nigeria’s north-eastern state of Borno, local police confirmed
early Thursday.

The incident late Wednesday caused an unusual
pandemonium inside the army barracks as the two female suicide bombers targeted
a pub mostly patronized by the military personnel.

Borno State

ABUJA, June 21, (Xinhua/ GNA) – Fifteen people
were wounded following an attack by two suicide bombers who hit an army
barracks in Nigeria’s north-eastern state of Borno, local police confirmed
early Thursday.

The incident late Wednesday caused an unusual
pandemonium inside the army barracks as the two female suicide bombers targeted
a pub mostly patronized by the military personnel.

Borno State police spokesman Edet Okon said
soldiers had gunned down the first bomber while trying to purchase a ticket to
gain entry into the barracks’ main market.

“The soldiers had shot her on suspicion
she was a bomber,” Okon said, adding the second bomber detonated an
improvised explosive device inside a commercial tricycle.

As a result, the two suicide bombers died
instantly, the police spokesman said. However, it is not clear if the wounded
victims were mostly military personnel in the barracks.

Okon said all the wounded victims had been
taken to a government hospital for treatment.

Last weekend, at least 34 people were killed
and 48 others wounded following a twin explosion and a grenade attack in Damboa
Town, also in Borno.

The attacks in Borno and other northeastern
states in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, are mainly carried out by
Boko Haram, the deadliest terror group in West Africa.

Nigeria has made considerable gains against
the terror group, dislodging its fighters from the Sambisa Forest.

Boko Haram has been blamed for the death of
more than 20,000 people and displacement of 2.3 million others in Nigeria since
2009.

GNA


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