Four villagers have been reported killed while six others were injured in a Saturday night IED attack when a male suicide bomber attacked Tungushe village in Konduga local government area of Borno state.
Born state police command, through its Public Relations Officer, DSP Edet Ikon, confirmed that a male suicide bomber detonated his explosives among a group of residents sleeping in the open in Tungushe village in Borno state about 12:15 am.
The blast was followed by indiscriminate gunfire from Boko Haram terrorists.
In a statement issued on yesterday, DSP Ikon , “Four villagers, one suicide bomber were killed and six others were injured in the attack in Tungushe village of Konduga LGA located about six kilometres (nearly four miles) from the Borno state capital, Maiduguri.” Meanwhile, a Tungushe resident, one Umara Kyari, who gave similar casualty figure, said the attackers torched eight thatched houses and three vehicles before stealing about 100 cows.
“Fortunately, all the cows returned to the village,” said Kyari.
“I think the attackers are not used to herding cows and could not control them.” It will be recalled that Boko Haram regularly uses suicide bombers, mostly women and young girls, to target mosques, schools, bus stations and military locations.
The nine-year armed militia violence to establish an Islamic state in Borno, north eastern Nigeria, has killed more than 20,000 people.
Suicide attacks have increased in Borno state recently, prompting the military commander fighting the jihadists to offer N5 million reward for information on bomb-making factories in the region.
On June 16, six young girls killed 43 people in suicide attacks in the town of Damboa, 80 kilometres outside Maiduguri.
Last Wednesday, 15 people were injured when two female suicide bombers targeted a market on the edge of a military base in the city.
