2 Suicide Bombers Were Stopped In Biu

Police arrested two supposed suicide bombers on Sunday, April 5, in Biu town of Borno state, as they closed in on their targets.

One of the attackers was killed after he was stopped as he was about to enter a packed mosque where worshippers were observing their 2pm prayers.

“…Some of our youth(s) on guard suspected the would-be bomber carrying the decoder in his hand; and when they tried to frisk him, it was discovered the decoder was unusually heavy and the carrier began to fidget. As he was trying to escape the youths hacked him down and summarily killed him there and then,” one local said.

According to Premium Times, the second bomber was caught at a motor park where a female suicide bomber had exploded her bomb and killed over 20 others in February.

The local resident said the male suicide bomber was had almost entered a bus full of passengers when he was exposed and detained.

According to witnesses the two suicide bombers had hidden their explosives in satellite TV decoder devices disguised as if they were newly bought.

“The second bomber was caught at the Biu motor park,” the witness added.

“In fact, he was about to enter a bus that was already having passengers, when it was also discovered that he too had a decoder device in his hand and had a bomb concealed in it. Immediately he was beaten up but not killed; as he was later taken to the military barracks and handed over to the soldiers there”.

Security officials who asked to be anonymous confirmed the incident.

It will be recalled that a suicide bomber killed himself and some passengers at Tashan Gandu, a popular motor park in Biu town on February 26.

A suicide bombing days earlier occurred at a bus station in the city of Kano, in which more than 20 people lost their lives.