Suicide Bombers Kill 15 in Mule, Borno State
Suspected Islamist suicide bombers on Wednesday killed 15 civilians in a failed attack on a state oil company facility in northeast Nigeria, when soldiers at a checkpoint opened fire on their explosive-packed vehicles, Reuters reports.
Seventeen civilians and five soldiers were wounded by the blasts on Tuesday which also destroyed eight vehicles, Defence Ministry spokesman Chris Olukolade said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
Olukolade said the bombers, believed to be from militant group Boko Haram, were driving towards the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation facility at Mule. Four bombers died.
Mule is on the outskirts of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state and the cradle of the Islamist insurgency.
"Three of the four explosive-laden vehicles were demobilised by shots fired at them by soldiers at the checkpoint, shortly before the explosions that rocked the area," Olukolade said.
"A total of 15 civilians including a member of a youth vigilante group died," he said.
Source: Reuters
There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
Olukolade said the bombers, believed to be from militant group Boko Haram, were driving towards the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation facility at Mule. Four bombers died.
Mule is on the outskirts of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state and the cradle of the Islamist insurgency.
"Three of the four explosive-laden vehicles were demobilised by shots fired at them by soldiers at the checkpoint, shortly before the explosions that rocked the area," Olukolade said.
"A total of 15 civilians including a member of a youth vigilante group died," he said.
Source: Reuters
Suicide Bombers Kill 15 in Mule, Borno State
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