Suicide Bombers Killed by Own Bombs in Maiduguri

 

As muslims in the north-eastern part of Nigeria torn by the Boko Haram war were praying at a nearby mosque as part of the rites of the holy month of Ramadan, two suicide bombers were scheming  for a fatal attack.

 

This took place at midnight on Sunday wherein two deafening sounds where heard within the area in Maiduguri as the two suicide bombers went up in flames in the course of an inexplicable mishap in the handling of explosive devices attached to their bodies.

It did not occur to many that the blast was from an improvised bomb until much later on Monday when their corpses were found shredded by the bombs they coupled with their hands.

Residents close to the spot where the explosion occurred said they had earlier in the night noticed two strange persons lurking around under the dark shadows of some trees but could not sense that they had sinister motive.

“People thought they were probably going to the mosques nearby for prayers until a heavy sound came some minutes after 1 am,”, Aji Hassan told journalists who visited the neighbourhood to enquire about the blast.

Although the military has yet to issue any statement to that effect, the area has been cordoned off by uniformed personnel, according to Premium Times.