Suicide Bombers Kill 20 People in Damboa

On 16/06/18 at about 2045hrs, an explosion occured at Abachari area outskirt of Damboa L.G.A. of Borno State. At the sound of the explosion, personnel of the Nigeria Police and Members of the civilian JTF mobilised to the scene and discovered twenty dead bodies and 48 injured persons in a suspected terrorist attack.

The wounded and the dead were evacuated to a hospital while scene was sanitized by a deployment of police EOD unit.

Investigation is ongoing to unravel the nature of the attack.

The Commissioner of Police Borno State, CP Damian Chukwu urges members of the public to continue to be vigilant and watchful.

He also urges them to always provide useful information to the security agencies for necessary actions.

DSP EDET OKON

PPRO

Borno State Command