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| Nigeria: Four Suicide Bombers Die in Maiduguri, As Army Seizes 288 Rifles |
| 2014-04-03 |
| [ALLAFRICA] Four snuffies believed to be jacket wallahs, apparently heading for an NNPC facility along the Maiduguri-Damboa road, have died in their IED-laden vehicles. The kabooms took place at Mule on the outskirts of Maiduguri. According to a statement issued today in Abuja by Defence Headquarters and signed by its director of information, Major General Chris Olukolade, "Three of the four explosive-laden vehicles were demobilized by shots fired at them by soldiers at the checkpoint shortly before the kabooms that rocked the area". Five soldiers were maimed while the civilian casualties are yet to be determined. |
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