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Tragedy As Suicide Bomber Blows Himself Up In Failed Attack
A terrorists has killed himself in a failed suicide bid to kill others in Borno state.
The Borno Police Command on Sunday said tragedy was averted when a suicide bomber heading to the market mistakenly detonated an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) killing himself alone.
The Commissioner of Police, Mr Damian Chukwu, who confirmed the incident in a statement released in Maiduguri, said the incident occurred on Saturday, at about 7:20 p.m. at the Monday Market general area.
He said that the bomber was heading to the market where he saw massive crowd to detonate the IED strapped on his body.
āThe male suicide bomber sighted massive presence of police and other security deployments at Oando Filling station near Post Office and hurriedly detonated the explosives, killing himself alone.
āMore police personnel have been deployed to most parts of the capital and other flash points in the state.
āThis is to ensure security of lives and property, especially in the remaining days of the Ramadan fast and as Eid el-Fitr approaches,ā he said.
He added that the police Explosive Ordinance Device team were quickly deployed to sanitise the area and render it safe.
-NAN
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