By Olusegun Adeosun
A fresh attack by Boko Haram jihadists in Maiduguri, Borno State, has claimed eleven lives.
The victims, who were mainly Muslim worshippers, were massacred in an early morning suicide attack in a mosque in Kushari village.
The State Commissioner of Police, Damian Chukwu, in a statement, said that an “On-the-spot assessment at the scene revealed that at about 05.40hrs, gunmen suspected to be BH terrorists and suicide bombers infiltrated Gwozari/Kushari in Polo general area, Maiduguri, shooting sporadically and detonated IEDs strapped to their bodies.”
The statement further says that “Eleven people, including three bombers, died while fifteen others sustained injuries and are currently hospitalized at the State Specialist Hospital Maiduguri.”
The Police Commissioner added that clearance operations are ongoing by teams of EOD, SARS, PMF, NSCDC and the Military.
