{"id":55197,"date":"2016-12-27T00:53:44","date_gmt":"2016-12-26T23:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=55197"},"modified":"2016-12-27T00:53:44","modified_gmt":"2016-12-26T23:53:44","slug":"suicide-bomber-attacks-borno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/suicide-bomber-attacks-borno\/","title":{"rendered":"Suicide Bomber Attacks Borno Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A bomb blast on Monday hit Kasuwan Shanu area of Maiduguri, the Borno<br \/>\nState capital.<\/p>\n<p>Confirming the incident, spokesman for the Borno State Police Command, DSP<br \/>\nVictor Isuku, said the explosion which occurred around <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1008216855\"><span class=\"aQJ\">8:30AM<\/span><\/span> involved two<br \/>\nsuicide bombers, male and female.<\/p>\n<p>The female was shot just as she detonated her improvised Explosive Device<br \/>\n(IED), killing only herself while the male suspect was arrested and his<br \/>\nIED defused by the police command.<\/p>\n<p>According to intelligence reports, five suicide bombers infiltrated<br \/>\nMaiduguri on Christmas day while the Chief of Army Staff and government<br \/>\nofficials were reopening roads leading to towns in northern Borno State,<br \/>\nnortheast Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>The attack follows the death of two suspected female suicide bombers who<br \/>\ndied in a failed attack in Maiduguri, the state\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n<p>The police spokesman said in a statement that one of the suicide bombers<br \/>\ndetonated an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) strapped to her body,<br \/>\nkilling herself and her accomplice whose IED vest did not explode.<\/p>\n<p>These attacks are coming shortly after the military had promised that the<br \/>\nera of insecurity, especially the Boko Haram insurgency would be a thing<br \/>\nof the past before the end of December 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Fall Of Sambisa<\/p>\n<p>Governor Kashim Shettima had also said that there was no Christmas and New<br \/>\nYear gift to the people of Borno State better than the fall of the Sambisa<br \/>\nforest, the stronghold of the Boko Haram insurgents.<\/p>\n<p>The governor described year 2016 as one that witnessed a major<br \/>\nbreakthrough in the ongoing fight against the terrorists, adding that the<br \/>\nyear was so far his best in the last five years since he assumed office on<br \/>\nMay 29, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince I became the Governor of Borno State in over five years, this is<br \/>\nthe best Christmas season I have witnessed. 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