Suicide bombers kill 16, injure 18 in Maiduguri

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Boko Haram on Sunday night unleashed suicide bombers on Maiduguri , the Borno State capital.
The suicide bombers struck at two locations in the town , killing 16 persons, the Borno State Commissioner of Police, Damien Chukwu , said .
The Commissioner of Police in a text message to journalists said the attacks happened at the Muna garage area where many have been killed in the past by suicide bombers , and at Muna Dalti .
The message of the commissioner read , “ On 22- 10- 2017 . Date at about 2020 hrs , a Male Suicide bomber detonated IED strapped on him at Muna Garage killing himself and thirteen persons with five injured .
“ In another development at Muna Dalti two female suicide bombers detonated same killing themselves and injured thirteen. ”
Chukwu revealed that the injured persons were conveyed to University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital for treatment and the corpses of the dead were evacuated from the scenes of the attack .
He said “ EOD / other Police teams have been deployed to sanitize scenes and environs .
“ In all 16 persons were killed while 18 others were injured in the three explosions. ”