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Thursday, April 3, 2014
A reported 15 persons were killed by suicide bombers in an attempted attack on an NNPC facility in northeast Nigeria on April 1. The suicide bombers, suspected Islamists tried to attack the state-run firm’s facility at Mulec however, soldiers at a checkpoint opened fire on their explosive-packed vehicles.
Seventeen civilians and five soldiers were wounded by the blasts and eight vehicles were destroyed according to Defense Ministry spokesman Chris Olukolade. No one has claimed responsibility but it is widely thought that the bombers were from the militant group Boko Haram.
“Three of the four explosive-laden vehicles were demobilized by shots fired at them by soldiers at the checkpoint, shortly before the explosions that rocked the area,” Olukolade said. “A total of 15 civilians including a member of a youth vigilante group died,” he said.
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