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Gov't forces foil Boko Haram attacks in NE Nigeria refugee camp

Xinhua, July 5, 2016 Adjust font size:

Government forces on Monday foiled two Boko Haram attacks at a refugee camp in Mongunu, a town in Nigeria's northeastern state of Borno, the Nigerian Army said.

In a statement, the army authorities said two suspected female suicide bombers were shot dead early Monday, by vigilant troops, when they attempted to detonate their improvised explosive devices at the Internally Displaced Persons camp located on the outskirts of Mongunu town.

According to the statement, the female bombers targeted internally displaced persons fetching water at a borehole located in the camp. "Unfortunately, the explosive they were strapped with exploded and injured two civilians," said the statement signed by spokesman of the Nigerian Army, Col. Sani Usman.

Following the incident, another suicide bomber who followed a different route to unleash terror in the same place, detonated her improvised explosive device along the road, the statement added. Endit