HOW 3 'FEMALE' SUICIDE BOMBERS ATTACKED MAIDUGURI

By Shehu Abubakar, Maiduguri
Nigeria Daily Trust
Oct 2 2015 6:31AM

A scene of a recent suicide attack in Maiduguri

Three men dressed as  female suicide bombers riding on a tricycle Thursday evening killed unspecified number of people and injured several others at Sajeri area of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state which has been the hotbed of Boko Haram's insurgency.

One of the suicide bombers alighted from the tricycle and ran into a mosque with explosives strapped to his body.

He detonated his bomb, killing many in the process.

When the sympathiser gathered at the scene, the second bomber detonated his exploisive among them.

However, the third one was not lucky as the people broke his legs before he could detonate it.

After breaking his legs, people kept a safe distance away from him while he could not detonate his bomb.

Daily Trust reports that when security operatives got to the scene, they were able identify the suicide bombers as men dressed in female clothes.

Boko Haram has resorted to targeting civilian population after its fighers were dislodged from areas they occupied in Nigerian territory..