At about 9.00am this morning, troops of Operation LAFIYA
DOLE deployed behind Bakassi Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp, Damboa
road, Maiduguri, on security duty, intercepted and killed a male suicide bomber
who had attempted to sneak through the troops’ inner parapet towards the IDP
camp.
The vigilant sentry sighted the bomber and laid in wait
until the suicide bomber came close. The sniper instantly shot and killed the
terrorists as he tried to force his way to the western flank of the IDP camp
fence.
Unfortunately, the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) vest
strapped on the bomber failed to detonate. Consequently, a combined team of
military and police Explosive Ordinance Device (EOD) have been called to safely
detonate the IED.
The situation at the camp and the general area is calm.
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