Two Dog paid the supreme price to stop Suicide Bombers
Two dogs on Friday foiled an attempt by two suicide bombers to detonate bombs at the Moloi General Hospital in Maiduguri.
The foiled attack is the latest in a string of deadly attacks on soft targets by the Boko Haram group in Nigeria’s northeast, the hotbed of the Islamic insurgency.
The statement read: "Today 4/8/2017 at about 0515hrs, two bombers, male and female, attempted to gain entry into the temporary settlement area for rehabilitated leprosy patients within the premises of Moloi general hospital, in the outskirt of Maiduguri township, along Maiduguri /Damboa highway.
They were prevented by the persistent barking and attacks from dogs in the area.
In the process, they hurriedly detonated IEDs strapped to their bodies, killing themselves and two dog. No other casualty was recorded.
Police EOD teams were promptly drafted to scenes, to sanitize and render the area and its surrounding safe. Normalcy has since been restored.
The foiled attack is the latest in a string of deadly attacks on soft targets by the Boko Haram group in Nigeria’s northeast, the hotbed of the Islamic insurgency.
The statement read: "Today 4/8/2017 at about 0515hrs, two bombers, male and female, attempted to gain entry into the temporary settlement area for rehabilitated leprosy patients within the premises of Moloi general hospital, in the outskirt of Maiduguri township, along Maiduguri /Damboa highway.
They were prevented by the persistent barking and attacks from dogs in the area.
In the process, they hurriedly detonated IEDs strapped to their bodies, killing themselves and two dog. No other casualty was recorded.
Police EOD teams were promptly drafted to scenes, to sanitize and render the area and its surrounding safe. Normalcy has since been restored.
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