How 2 Female suicide bombers striked in Borno, and killed three

Two female suicide bombers suspected to be Boko Haram members last night killed at least three people in Mashamari area of Konduga, Borno State.

The bombers reportedly detonated their explosives inside a house and near a mosque in the Mashamari area of Konduga, 35 kilometres (20 miles) southeast of the Borno State capital, Maiduguri, on Sunday night.

“Three people were killed in the two attacks and seven others were injured,” Bello Danbatta, chief security officer of the Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), told newsmen.

“One of them detonated near a mosque while residents were preparing for the evening prayers and moments later the second one detonated inside a house,” said Danbatta.

Ibrahim Liman, an eyewitness said two more victims died on the way to the hospital in Maiduguri, raising the death toll to five.

The attack came two weeks after five militia members were killed by a male bomber who detonated explosives concealed on him at a checkpoint outside Konduga.