Professor, 3 Others Killed in Borno Suicide Attacks

Mon, Jan 16, 2017
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BREAKING NEWS, Security

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FOUR persons were confirmed killed and 17 others injured at the University of Maiduguri, Borno State in the twin blasts which hit its campus on Monday, January 16.

Both the state Police and the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, confirmed the number of deaths and injured persons. Victor Isuku, a deputy superintendent of Police and Force public relations officer, said in a statement that the incident blasts occurred at about 5:15 a.m.

“At about 0515hrs of today, a police mobile force personnel on duty near gate 4 at the back of university of Maiduguri, gunned down a female suicide bomber of about 12yrs old, who was trying to infiltrate the university premised, and the IED strapped to her body exploded killing her instantly.

“Shortly after that, a second explosion occurred in a mosque inside the university. Four (4) persons including a professor and the second suicide bomber died, while fifteen (15) persons sustained various degrees of injuries and were rushed to UMTH,” Isuku said.

According to Police sources Aliyu Mani, a professor at the Department of Veterinary Medicine, was the don killed in the blast. Mani was said to be one of the earlier worshippers at the mosque and was inside when the blasts occurred.

‎In his statement, Sani Datti, the spokesperson of the NEMA, also spoke on the blasts.

“One of the suicide bombers detonated his explosion at a Mosque near Gate 1 when people were observing their early morning prayer, the second one occurred around Gate 5 of the University.

“Rescue and security officials were at scene and seventeen injured victims were evacuated to hospital.

“Two persons and two suicide bombers confirmed dead (total of four) at the time of response,” Datti said.

Monday’s explosion in the university is the first major attack on the university campus by suspected Boko Haram members whose insurgency have caused about 20,000 deaths since 2009.

—  Jan 16, 2017 @ 14:00 GMT

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