BREAKING: Five persons killed, 11 injured in Maiduguri suicide attacks

Scene of a bomb blast

Five persons and eleven others were injured in three separate suicide attacks on Wednesday in Maiduguri , the National Emergency Management Authority has disclosed.

The agency in a statement by its spokesman in charge of the Northeast zonal office in Maiduguri , Abdulkadir Ibrahim said the event occurred at three different spots at the Muna area of the troubled town.

The statement read , “ Three suicide bomb attacks at three different locations in Muna namely Muna Usmanti , Muna garage and Muna Ethiopia respectively .

“ The incidence occurred around 4 : 11 am which led to five deaths.

“ Among the death persons include four suicide bombers and a Civilian JTF ( vigilante ) . The injured persons were taken to General Hospital for proper medication while the death bodies were deposited at the mortuary by NEMA and SEMA emergency response officials . ”