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| Borno: Seven passengers killed as Boko Haram plants IEDs on highways |
| 2014-02-02 |
| [DAILYPOST.NG] Members of the dreaded Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... sect have deviced a new strategy of planting Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) otherwise known as bombs on the federal highways. The incident led to the killing of 7 passengers when the vehicle they were using along Gwoza -Madagali road stumbled on the IED and it went kaboom!. DailyPost gathered that the attack, which occurred on Friday at about 7 in the morning around Kutura village along Gwoza- Madagali road, led to the immediate closure of the road as security operatives are busy patrolling the area to avoid further detonations. Three others, who sustained serious injuries are now receiving treatment at the General Hospital Gwoza. According to a reliable security source, who spoke to newsmen on condition of anonimity "at about 0700 hours of Thursday, some gunnies planted IEDs in Kutura village along side of the Gwoza-Madagali federal highway, which went kaboom!on a Toyota Bus conveying passengers. Seven of them died at the spot, while three people sustained injuries". The Police Commissioner of Borno State, Mr. Lawal Tanko confirmed the incident to newsmen in a telephone interview. Tanko said, "Yes we received information from the Divisional Police Officer, DPO of Gwoza Local Government Area that a bus conveying passengers stumbled on a bomb planted by the side of the federal highway in Kutura village killing 7 passengers on the spot". |
| Posted by:Fred |