female suicide bomber wearing an explosives
belt was killed in Kano as she tried to enter a
military barracks December 31.
AFP reports with reference to eyewitnesses that
the soldiers opened fire on the woman wearing
hijab after she had refused to be searched upon
approaching the barracks in Bolari. The shots
were said to have immediately detonated the
explosives belt wrapped around her.
The woman died on the spot. One of the
witnesses, Shuaibu Nasir, narrated:
“The woman refused to stop and continued to
advance towards the military guards at the
gates despite repeated orders from them to stop
at a distance.
“The soldiers opened fire on the woman who
quickened her pace towards them and as they
fired shots at her she exploded with a loud
sound that shook our buildings.”
According to another local, Ahmed Baballe, the
bomber was “blown to pieces” by the impact of
the explosion.
“The soldiers didn’t take chances with the
woman and opened fire when she showed no
sign of stopping to be searched.”
It would be recalled that Nigeria’s security have
recently arrested Zaharau Babangida, a 13-
year-old Kano could-be suicide bomber. The girl
narrated how her own father had introduced her
into insurgency and what had happened on the
fateful day of the attack at Kwari market.
Published by naijnews
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