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  • Brussels attack: suicide bomber works as a cleaner

    Brussels attack: suicide bomber works as a cleaner

    Reports have disclosed that one of the ISIS bombers who executed the Brussels attacks  was a worker at the European Parliament as a cleaner.

    The Sun reports that suicide bomber Laachraoui had been employed by a cleaning company contracted by the European Parliament, and took on the role as a summer job while he was a student.

    The 24 -year- old bomber worked in EU parliament between 2009 and 2010.

    According to European Parliament spokesman, Jaume Duch Guillot,  “the European Parliament confirms that seven and six years ago, one of the perpetrators of the Brussels terrorist attacks worked for a period of one month for a cleaning company which was contracted by the European Parliament at the time.

    “As a student, he held a summer holiday job cleaning at the Parliament for one month in 2009 and one month in 2010. Those were the only instances he worked at the Parliament.

    “As required by the contract, the cleaning firm submitted proof of the absence of a criminal record to the European Parliament,” Guillot said.

    Guillot reiterated further that the bomber did not have a criminal record at the time and provided proof of this before taking on the job.

     

  • Suicide bomber strikes while hugging official in Somalia

    An Islamist militant suicide bomber on Thursday blew himself and a local official up in the autonomous Somali region of Puntland after putting his arms around the official as if in a hug.

    Major Nur Ahmed, a Police officer, said that the deceased official, Saeed Ali, and the guards had been targeted as they attempted to enter a car.

    Witnesses said that two bystanders also died in the blast.

    Meanwhile, Sheikh Abu-Musab, al Shabaab’s Military Operation Spokesman, has issued a statement taking responsibility for the attack.

    “We killed Saeed Ali, the treasurer of Galkayo, and several police officers that were guarding him,’’ he said.

     

  • Suicide bomber claims being Chibok girl

    Suicide bomber claims being Chibok girl

    One of the suspected suicide bombers intercepted in northern Cameroon on Friday has claimed to be one of the 219 Chibok girls kidnapped by Boko Haram militants about 2 years ago.

     It will be recalled that two girls carrying explosives were stopped by local self-defence forces in the village of Limani, in an area of northern Cameroon that has been the target of frequent suicide bombings in recent months.

    Reuters reports that they were then handed over to Cameroonian soldiers belonging to a multi-national force set up to take on Boko Haram. In a high-profile attack that sparked a global outcry, Boko Haram militants raided the school in April 2014 while the girls were taking exams. They loaded 270 of them onto trucks, though around 50 escaped shortly afterwards.

    “One of them indeed declared that she is one of the Chibok hostages. She is around 15. We are now verifying, because on the Nigerian side, they have the names and photos of these girls,” said local government administrator, Raymond Roksdo.

    Two military sources, who asked not to be identified as they were not authorised to speak to the press, also confirmed that the girl had claimed to have been one of the Chibok abductees.

    “We need a few days to be able to confirm this information. We have to debrief all the men who were present and interrogate the two girls before we can say anything,” one of the military sources said.

  • Suicide bomber refuses to strike

    Suicide bomber refuses to strike

    A teenage girl packed with explosives by Boko Haram ripped off her vest to avoid taking part in the attack on Borno Internally Displaced Persons camp (IDPs) in Dikwa, Borno State on Tuesday.

    Two others with her, however, walked into the middle of hundreds of people lining up for food before they blew themselves up in the attack that killed 58 and injured 78.

    It was the most lethal attack launched by the sect in recent months.

    A Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) fighter Modu Awami said yesterday that the third would-be bomber, looking about 14, has confessed.

    Awami, who helped question the girl, said she was scared because she knew she would kill people.

    A rescue official who confirmed it, said the girl has given officials information about other planned bombings

    The United States (U.S.) Embassy in Nigeria yesterday condemned the attacks on Dikwa.

    The US Diplomatic Mission in Abuja, in a statement, restated the U.S. government’s continued support for the Nigerian government in fighting terrorism.

    “The US Embassy condemns the reported suicide attacks on internally displaced persons in Dikwa town, Borno State,that occurred on Feb. 9.

    “The US remains committed to assisting internally displaced populations in North-Eastern Nigeria through humanitarian relief efforts.

    “We will also continue to support the Nigerian government in its fight against terrorism,’’ it said.

  • Suicide bomber kills seven in Borno

    Suicide bomber kills seven in Borno

    A female suicide bomber killed herself and seven others yesterday as officials screened people fleeing attacks by Boko Haram.

    Eight others were injured in the explosion at 10:40a.m. on the outskirts of Maiduguri, the Borno State csapital, Police Commissioner Aderemi Opadokun said in a text message.

    “Since the internally displaced persons (IDPs) were coming voluntarily into the town, it was decided that they had to be screened to avoid the insurgents mingling with them,” the chairman of Borno’s emergency agency, Ahmed Satomi, said separately onphone.

    He added: “Just when the screening was on, one woman with explosive devices strapped on her rammed into others.”

    Boko Haram, seeking to impose its version of Islamic law on Africa’s most populous country of about 180 million, has stepped up suicide attacks since President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the military to defeat the insurgents by the end of the year.

    The group has killed tens of thousands of people since its campaign began in 2009.

     

  • Scores killed in Yola mosque explosion

    Bomb blast suspected to be from a suicide bomber, occurred Friday afternoon at a mosque in Yola.

    NAN report that the blast occurred shortly after the Imam of the mosque concluded reading of the sermon for the Juma’at prayer.

    “It was a young boy who attempted to get into the mosque when the explosive went off.

    “It’s a new Friday mosque; this is the first Friday prayer to be offered in the mosque.

    “Over 100 people have so far been evacuated to hospital but I can’t say how many among them are dead,” an eye witness, who simply identified himself as Umaru, said.

    The Police spokesman in the state, DSP Othman Abubakar and the Executive Secretary, Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency (ADSEMA), Alhaji Haruna Furo, confirmed the incident and said rescue effort was still going on.

    They said that the number of casualty was yet to be ascertained.

    “We are now evacuating those affected to Yola Specialist Hospital and Federal Medical Centre,” Furo said.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the blast was the third in Yola within the past six months.

    The first incident was near Yola central market followed by the one at Malkohi IDPs camp.

  • Seven killed as suicide bomber hits Borno mosque again

    Seven killed as suicide bomber hits Borno mosque again

    Less than 24 hours after a suicide bomber attacked a mosque in Maiduguri and killed 42 worshippers, another bombing occurred in the Borno State ca[pital city yesterday, leving seven people dead.

    The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) confirmed yesterday that death of the seven people resulted from an early morning attack on a mosque at Molai, a settlement on the outskirts of Maiduguri, by three female suicide bombers.

    The attack also left 17 people injured.

    The spokesman of NEMA in the North East, Abdulkadir Ibrahim, said in a short SMS he sent to our correspondent: “At Umarari Bayan Waya, at some minutes past 5 am today (yesterday), the suicide attack was carried out by three female suicide bombers.

    “Seventeen casualties were taken to specialist hospital, seven deaths including the suicide bombers,” Abdulkadir informed.

    In his account, the village Head of Molai , Alhaji Balama Bako, said the female bombers walked confidently into the mosque at about 5.30 am and detonated the IEDs, killing seven, including the three of them.

    Gov. Kashim Shettima with the Director General of NEMA, Sani Sidi, went on a sympathy visit to Molai community and other parts of the metropolis to visits the victims of terror.

    No fewer than 42 worshippers were killed Thursday when two suicide bombers blew themselves up in another mosque in the northeastern Nigerian city.

    All the people in the mosque were said to have died.

  • ‘I saw my son wrestling with the suicide bomber’ – Father of Yobe blast victim

    ‘I saw my son wrestling with the suicide bomber’ – Father of Yobe blast victim

    The father of one of the victims of the suicide bomb attack in Damaturu, Yobe State,  said that he came out of the house and saw his son wrestling with the suicide bomber before the bomb went off killing his 19-yr-old son Hassan Mohammed Damagum.

    Mohammed, a pre-degree student at the Yobe State University, was one of the victims that died along side with the suicide bomber near a mosque at the Gen. Mohammadu Buhari Estate on Wednesday morning.

    Garba Babayo, who gave a chilling account of the incident, also recalled his last discussion with his son before he died.

    “Early this (Wednesday) morning, we heard a heavy sound of a  bomb and  my son  said he would go out and see what was happening. It was not long when I also followed. By the time I came out, I saw him wrestling and struggling with the suicide bomber. Everything just happened like in a speed of light and the bomb went off. “When the bomb exploded,  I saw my son in pieces with the suicide bomber. His head was cut off from his body. His leg was on another side and some of his parts were scattered on the street”, Garba Babayo narrated.

    Talking about his son, Babayo disclosed that he just got admission into the pre-degree programme of Yobe State University and was in the process of his registration.

    “My son is 19 yrs old trying to gain admission into Yobe State University. In fact, he went to the hospital yesterday (Tuesday) to collect his medical certificate. He showed me the certificate telling me that ‘I will go and continue with my registration tomorrow (Thursday); unknown to us he cannot continue with that programme and his entire life on this earth,” he said.

    One of the victims at the hospital apparently from the Fulani settlement informed that two insurgents came to their area at about 5.30am in the morning and ordered them to gather in one place, after which one of them blew himself in their midst.

    “Two of them came; the other one was holding a gun and the other one was not talking. The one with the gun asked us to come out and gather in one place. When we gathered, he sent the other one who was not talking at the centre of us and started going away. That was the time the one in our midst detonated his bomb in his body,” he narrated.

    Another eyewitness, Adamu Idriss,  disclosed that the suicide bomber at the shopping centre inside Buhari Estate came asking for a drug store to buy medicine and the people were suspicious of his character.

    Some people were very suspicious of him when he came and they went close to him to ask him some questions. He was looking for a Chemist(drug store) and the people around were not satisfied that somebody living in that area will have no knowledge of what he was asking for. When some people went close to interrogate him, it was that time that we heard the sound of a bomb, gbuaaaaa!,” Adamu informed.

  • Suicide bombers kill scores in Maiduguri

    It was yet another sad evening for residents of Sajari in Maiduguri, Borno State on Thursday as three men who disguised as female drove in a tricycle and attacked a mosques killing unconfirmed number of people.

    An eyewitness from the area called our reporter and informed that one of the suicide bomber came down from the tricycle and raced into the mosque.

    He diffused his explosives ridden body as people were praying killing an unspecified number of people.

    The second bomber went off after people gathered to rescue victims of the first blast.

    The source also disclosed that people were surprised to discover that the bombers were actually males dressed like females after security came to the scene.

    The third bomber however ran out of luck as he was caught and beaten to pulp by the angry mob.

     

    Details of the attack are still sketchy.

  • Suicide bomber kills six, injures 10 in Afghanistan

    No fewer than six people were killed and 10 others injured on Thursday when a truck-driving suicide bomber struck a provincial council building in eastern Afghanistan, an official said.

    “It was a heavy explosion near the provincial council and Quick Reaction Forces base in Pul-i-Alam city, the provincial capital,

    “Three civilians, three policemen were killed and 10 people injured,” said Haseeb Stanekzai, head of the provincial council in eastern province of Logar.
    According to him, the bomber also died.

    The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, which extensively damaged the council building and nearby houses.