Three female bombers killed in foiled Maiduguri hospital attack

Bystanders gather around a burned car outside the Victory Baptist Church in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010. Authorities say dozens of assailants attacked the church on Christmas Eve, killing the pastor, two members of the choir and two people passing by the church. Police are blaming members of Boko Haram, a radical Muslim sect. (AP Photo – Njadvara Musa)

Bystanders gather around a burned car outside the Victory Baptist Church in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010. Authorities say dozens of assailants attacked the church on Christmas Eve, killing the pastor, two members of the choir and two people passing by the church. Police are blaming members of Boko Haram, a radical Muslim sect. (AP Photo - Njadvara Musa)

Bombing in Maiduguri 

Three female bombers have been killed in attempt to gain entry through the rear exit gate into the premises of Molai General Hospital, outskirt of Maiduguri township, on the Maiduguri/Damboa highway.

The incident occurred when the suicide bombers who had the IED vest strapped on detonated the IEDs on their bodies, killing themselves and damaging the pedestrian gate.

In a statement by the Borno state Public Relations Officer, DSP Victor Isuku, the Police EOD and SARS personnel were promptly deployed to the scene to sanitize to render the area safe.

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According to DSP Isuku, the entire vicinity was cordoned off and searched with a bid to arresting other bombers said to have escaped.

He also added that another suicide bomber detonated an IED in a bush near Umalari village.

Channels Tv reports that no other casualty recorded and normalcy has since been restored, while search and monitoring of the area continues.

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