Abuja Blast: Another Explosive Found on Dead Terrorist



The Defence headquarters yesterday said more explosives were seized from  suspects believed to have coordinated the bombing of Emab Shopping Plaza in Wuse II, Abuja on Wednesday.
A statement by the Director Defence Information Major General Chris Olukolade said, “ Bystanders at the scene of the explosion alerted soldiers on patrol to the two suspects who were speeding off on a power bike.”
According to the statement, “The soldiers swung into action engaging the escaping suspects and fatally wounding one of them who fell with his bag as the motorbike rider still made efforts to escape through the crowd.
“The bag recovered from the suspect was later confirmed to contain a package of IED and other accessories including stop clock, mobile phones and other materials used for setting off explosives.
“The suspect who was shot by the soldiers finally died in the hospital as he defiantly yelled
“people will die!  People will die!!” Olukolade said.
“Two other suspects also arrested at the scene of the explosion are currently being interrogated.”
Meanwhile, Olukolade said a makeshift camp of terrorists in Miyanti and Bulungu, Borno State have been sacked during a raid on their hideouts.
“Over 50 terrorists died in the clash. A fuel dump used for storing fuel for their operations as well as vehicles including Toyota Hillux trucks, Peugeot cars, and 7 motorcycles were destroyed in the raid, while 15 rifles, 11 machine guns and hundreds of ammunitions were captured by the troops.” Olukolade said.
In a separate encounter around Duguri near Nigerian – Nigerien border, troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force stormed a terrorists’ hideout in a raid and recovered 18 rifles, 5 General Purpose Machine Guns, 25 hand grenades and IED making materials.
A total of 53 terrorists died in the encounter while the troops lost two men and five others suffered varying degrees of injuries.

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