Tag: bomber
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BOSTON MARATHON BOMBER: Supreme court maintains death sentence for Tsarnaev
Tsarnaev, who is now 28, will remain on death row at Colorado’s supermax prison.
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I stayed in Sambisa for three years – Says arrested female bomber
A 19-year-old lady, Shaidatu Adamu, has been arrested by troops of the Nigerian Army attached to the Operation Lafiya Dole, while allegedly trying to detonate her suicide bomb vest in the Gonikalachari area of Borno State. According to reports gathered by TheNewsGuru, TNG, Adamu was nabbed by troops of the 251 Task Force Battalion, Maiduguri,…
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Suicide bomber kills four in Konduga
Four people have been killed and seven others injured in the latest Boko Haram attack in the restive town of Konduga in Borno, the police confirmed on Monday. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Damian Chukwu, told reporters in Maiduguri that the jihadists detonated an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at a village, known as…
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3 killed, 7 Injured as suicide bombers attack Maiduguri IDP Camp
No fewer than three people were killed while seven others sustained injuries following a suicide attack on Monday at an Internally Displaced Persons camp in Pulka, Borno State. Pulka is a town in Gwoza local government of Borno state 135 kilometres away from Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. According to sources at the camp, the…
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Bomber planning to attack mosque in Mecca blows self
Saudi security forces on Friday offset a suicide attack on the Grand Mosque in Mecca, reportedly cornering the would-be attacker in an apartment, where he blew himself up, the Interior Ministry said. The ministry, in a statement on television, said that three cells had planned the attack on worshippers and security forces at the mosque.…
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Suicide bomber kill self, vigilante in Borno
A suicide bomber and a local vigilante were killed during an attempt on a Maiduguri mosque on Monday morning, a security official has confirmed. Borno Police spokesman, Victor Isuzu, said a male suicide bomber carried out the attack at the Dalori area of the state capital. “Today at about 0522hrs, a male suicide bomber detonated…