At least five people have been killed and 10 wounded after a suicide bomber
blew himself up outside a leprosy hospital on the outskirts of Maiduguri,
emergency services said.
According to AFP, the bomber, who tried to gain access to the hospital,
detonated his explosives outside the building at around 5:30 pm (1630 GMT) on
Saturday.
“Five people were killed and 10 others injured near the Molai leprosy hospital
when a male bomber blew himself up,” said Mohammed Kanar, regional
coordinator for the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).
“The bomber had wanted to get entry into the hospital but was contemplating
how to pass through security checks at the gate when the bomb went off.”
He added: “We took the bodies and the injured to the specialist hospital (in
Maiduguri).”
Local resident Ibrahim Bulama said the bomber was one of the three men who
were dropped off near the hospital by an SUV vehicle.
“They looked around for a while, obviously trying to sneak into the hospital,”
Bulama said, adding that the facility was being guarded by civilian vigilantes
who are assisting the military in the fight against Boko Haram Islamist
insurgents.
“Suddenly, the explosives on one of them went off. The other two fled in the
confusion. Five people were killed and 10 others injured,” he said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombing, but Borno
State, where the attack took place, has been the hardest hit by the Boko Haram
insurgency which has left at least 15,000 people dead.
Boko Haram, which has been fighting to establish a hardline Islamic state in
North-east Nigeria since 2009, has intensified its campaign of violence in the
last month.
Danlami Ajaokuta, a civilian vigilante fighting Boko Haram, confirmed the
hospital explosion and added that there had been a failed suicide attack by two
women in Jakarna village, about 40 kilometres (25 miles) from Maiduguri on
Saturday afternoon.
source:Thisday
blew himself up outside a leprosy hospital on the outskirts of Maiduguri,
emergency services said.
According to AFP, the bomber, who tried to gain access to the hospital,
detonated his explosives outside the building at around 5:30 pm (1630 GMT) on
Saturday.
“Five people were killed and 10 others injured near the Molai leprosy hospital
when a male bomber blew himself up,” said Mohammed Kanar, regional
coordinator for the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).
“The bomber had wanted to get entry into the hospital but was contemplating
how to pass through security checks at the gate when the bomb went off.”
He added: “We took the bodies and the injured to the specialist hospital (in
Maiduguri).”
Local resident Ibrahim Bulama said the bomber was one of the three men who
were dropped off near the hospital by an SUV vehicle.
“They looked around for a while, obviously trying to sneak into the hospital,”
Bulama said, adding that the facility was being guarded by civilian vigilantes
who are assisting the military in the fight against Boko Haram Islamist
insurgents.
“Suddenly, the explosives on one of them went off. The other two fled in the
confusion. Five people were killed and 10 others injured,” he said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombing, but Borno
State, where the attack took place, has been the hardest hit by the Boko Haram
insurgency which has left at least 15,000 people dead.
Boko Haram, which has been fighting to establish a hardline Islamic state in
North-east Nigeria since 2009, has intensified its campaign of violence in the
last month.
Danlami Ajaokuta, a civilian vigilante fighting Boko Haram, confirmed the
hospital explosion and added that there had been a failed suicide attack by two
women in Jakarna village, about 40 kilometres (25 miles) from Maiduguri on
Saturday afternoon.
source:Thisday
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