One person has been killed and nine injured after a trailer conveying passengers struck an improvised explosive device (IED) along the Komala village axis in Konduga LGA of Borno state.
Police sources told Zagazola Makama, a
counter-insurgency publication, that the incident occurred at about 1:30pm on
July 2 as the trailer, driven by one Isa Uba, was travelling from Maiduguri to
Damboa.
The sources said the explosive device was suspected to have
been planted by Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists along the route.
A passenger was said to have died at the scene while nine
other passengers sustained varying degrees of injuries.
Makama reported that a joint response team comprising
military personnel, police tactical units, explosive ordnance
disposal-chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (EOD-CBRN) operatives,
members of the civilian joint task force (CJTF), and local hunters was deployed
to the scene shortly after the explosion.
“They said the injured victims were evacuated to hospital
for treatment, while the body of the deceased was removed to the hospital,
certified dead by a medical doctor and later released to his family for burial
in accordance with Islamic rites,” the publication said.
“The sources added that EOD personnel rendered the scene
safe after the explosion, while security forces had sustained combing
operations in the area to prevent further attacks.”
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