Crime

Female Boko Haram members bomb wedding guests

Four suspected female suicide bombers believed to be members of Boko Haram have bombed a wedding ceremony in Mararaban Gwoza of Borno State, with unspecified number of people allegedly killed on Saturday.

Penpushing reports that sources added that the suicide bombers in the same vein detonated their explosives at different four locations where the Boko Haram faction led by Ali Ngulde said to be operating

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The sources said a soldier was reported to be one of the victims, adding that the first bombing was recorded at a wedding ceremony in Mararaban Gwoza, the second took place at a security checkpoint, killing a soldier and two civilians

Penpushing further reports that the sources disclosed that, the third incident happened at a shopping mall as well as the fourth one at a burial ground, adding that the incidents took place between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Saturday around the same area

‘The second one took place at a security checkpoint, killing a soldier and two civilians,” the source told our reporter. The third incident happened at a shopping mall and the fourth one at a burial ground’,the sources added

Penpushing also reports that the Borno State Commissioner of Police, Yusuf Lawal, confirmed the attacks, estimating the casualties at six, adding that about 15 others were injured and evacuated to the hospital.

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