Pregnant woman among suicide bombers killed in Borno

A pregnant woman was among the two suicide bombers killed in Borno state late Saturday.

The two female suicide bombers were subdued when they refused to surrender and attempted to attack a security post.

The incident occured in Ummarari village along Mulai axis of Maiduguri Damboa road at the outskirts of Maiduguri.

Abdulkadir Ibrahim, spokesman of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in north-east, said the rescue workers have evacuated the bodies of the suicide bombers.

“When we got the alert on the incident, the NEMA emergency workers in collaboration with other stakeholders moved to the scene and evacuated the bodies,” Ibrahim said.

A civilian JTF was injured during the operation.