Suicide Bombers attacks 2 Borno IDP camps, killing 4 leaving many others wounded

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 Two internally displaced persons’ (IDP) camps in Maiduguri, Borno State have been attacked by suicide bombers leaving the death toll to six  and many others wounded.

According to the Abdulkadir Ibrahim  spokesman of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), three suicide bombers, a male and two females, attacked two of the largest camps housing victims of Boko Haram insurgency in Borno State, North-east Nigeria.

The camps names were identified as  Dalori 1 and Dalori 2 IDP camps,

Ibrahim said two of the suicide bombers successfully detonated their explosives device at the Dalori 1 camp leading to their death and three others, with 17 others left injured.

At the Dalori 2 IDP camp, an attempt by a female suicide bomber to scale the fence into the camp was foiled by security men who shot at her and the subsequent detonation of her explosive device that resulted in her death, left many others injured and left a hole in the wall after a heavy bang.

In a press release on Monday, the North-east Information Officer of NEMA, Ibrahim, said: “At about 11.20 pm yesterday (Sunday) two suicide bombers (a male and female) detonated their improvised explosive device at Dalori 1 IDP camp leading to the death of three IDPs while seventeen others were injured.

“Another incident occurred at Dalori 2 IDP camp where a suicide bomber was intercepted leading to the death of the suicide bomber. Injured persons have been administered with first aid and moved to hospitals in Maiduguri.”

According to a competent security source who related the incident, he said “They shot her and the explosive device strapped to her body detonated, and blew the woman into pieces.”

The source added that another male suicide bomber infiltrated into the camp and detonated the explosives strapped to his body and killed four persons.

“Two persons died on the spot while two others died at the hospital,” the source said.