Breaking: 12-Year-Old Girl Bomber Killed Behind University Of Maiduguri

Shortly after the University of Maiduguri bombing, Punch reports that a 12-year old terrorist bomber has been killed in Bara Karaya, a village behind University of Maiduguri. The bomber was reportedly sighted by villagers who immediately alerted the military.

According to a press release by the spokesman of the Nigerian Police Force in Maiduguri, Victor Isuku: “At about 08:000hrs, a third terrorist bomber, female, of about 12 years with IED strapped to her body, was intercepted at Bara Karaya village behind University of Maiduguri, in Muna Garage general area.

“The bomber was sighted by villagers who promptly alerted the military. She was gunned down, while the EOD personnel of the command secured and rendered safe her unexploded IED vest.”

The interception becomes third in series of interception of terrorists in Maduguri.

More details to come...