The Yobe State Police Command on Monday said eight persons were killed in an explosion at a police checkpoint in Damaturu, the capital of the troubled north-eastern state by suspected Boko Haram men.
According to the Police Public Relations
Officer, Yobe State Police Command, Mr. Toyin Gbadegesin, who confirmed
the attack to journalists, eight persons were killed on Monday in the
Damaturu during a bomb incident carried out by suspected members of the
dreaded sect, Boko Haram.”
He said three policemen and five suspected members of the insurgent died during the explosion which occurred around 11am.
He also said two more security personnel are currently at the Damaturu Specialist Hospital, receiving treatment.
Gbadegesin said two cars suspected to be
carrying explosive devices were apprehended and in the process of
looking for enforcement to convey the suspects to the state Police
Command, the suspected terrorists triggered the Improvised Explosive
Devices which killed five people on the spot, while three more died
later in the hospital.
The
PPRO said men of the Explosive Ordinance Department of the state Police
Command were deployed to diffuse more IEDs discovered but have not yet
exploded at the scene.
He called on the people of the state to be watchful as the terrorists seemed to be on the rampage over the past few days.
He also called on the people of the state
to always obey security rules, insisting that the Eid-el-Fitr bombings
in Damaturu three days back would have been averted if the law abiding
people of the state had respected the restriction of vehicular movement
in the troubled state capital.
Monday’s suicide bomb attack came three
days after a twin bomb blasts killed 15 people in the same town during
Eid-el- Fitri celebration.
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