An improvised explosive device (IED) struck a passenger trailer in Borno State’s Konduga Local Government Area, resulting in one fatality and nine injuries.
According to security analyst Zagazola Makama, police sources said the incident occurred around 1:30 p.m. on July 2, when the vehicle was traveling from Maiduguri to Damboa.
The sources said the explosive device was suspected to have been planted by Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists along the route.
A passenger was said to have died at the scene while nine other passengers sustained varying degrees of injuries.
Makama reported that a joint response team comprising military personnel, police tactical units, explosive ordnance disposal-chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear, EOD-CBRN, operatives, members of the civilian joint task force, CJTF, and local hunters was deployed to the scene shortly after the explosion.
“They said the injured victims were evacuated to hospital for treatment, while the body of the deceased was removed to the hospital, certified dead by a medical doctor and later released to his family for burial in accordance with Islamic rites.
“The sources added that EOD personnel rendered the scene safe after the explosion, while security forces had sustained combing operations in the area to prevent further attacks,” he stated.
