Bombs kill 2 Boko Haram bombers, one passerby

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By Femi Adi/Kaduna

Two suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers met their end today as the bombs they were carrying on their motor cycle exploded on them in Kaduna today. A passerby was also killed.

The suicide bombers from information gathered were on their way to the Sultan Bello Mosque, popularly known as Gumi Mosque at Urgwar Sarki, when the bombs they carried with them exploded simultaneously , killing all the bombers.

The incident which occurred at about 3.50pm left the whole Urgar Sarki, venue of the explosion in total confusion with wind screens of several cars smashed and passers-by injured

According to a witness, the bombers must be heading for the Sultan Bello Mosque, presided over by Sheikh Gumi, a known critic of the sect.

Gumi has been hitting the sect in his recent Ramadan messages.

“We know they would attack him because he has been telling the Boko people that it’s un-Islamic to bomb and kill inocent souls under guise of jihad.” There was no official confirmation about the bombers destination.

“About 3.50 p:m, two men on a motorcycle carrying what was suspected to be an improvised explosive device were killed when the device exploded while they were in motion along Ali Akilu road,” Kaduna police spokesman Abubakar Balteh said.

“One other passerby was also killed in the explosion,” he said.

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Red Cross official Shehu Umar Abdul also said the two bombers and a passerby were killed.

It was unclear whether the suspects were headed toward the mosque, which is located about a five-minute drive from the blast.

There was no confirmation of what the target may have been, or if the device went off accidentally.

“We still don’t know where they were headed and the scene of the blast was not near any mosque,” Balteh said.

The cleric at the mosque had also recently invited Christians to break the Ramadan fast with Muslims this weekend.

“We were informed that some people riding on a motorcycle dropped an explosive device,” said Musa Ilallah, an official with the National Emergency Management Agency.

Kaduna, a major city in the country’s north, has been hit by numerous attacks blamed on Boko Haram, which is accused of killing more than 1,400 people since 2010 as part of its insurgency in northern and central Nigeria.

The affected area was cordoned-off by security agents.

With agency reports.

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