Yobe police recover bombs in a wrecked Jeep
(Nigeria) The Yobe police command has recovered four bombs,
two improvised explosive device, six mortar bombs, machine gun and two Ak47
rifles from insurgents.
Mr Markus Danladi, the state Police Commissioner, made the
announcement on Wednesday in Damaturu while displaying the arms.
He said the bombs and the explosive device were discovered
in the trunk of a Toyota Highlander Jeep whose occupants died on Monday in an
explosion from a device strapped on their bodies.
He said that five suicide bombers were stopped for search on
the Maiduguri-Damaturu highway on Monday by a police patrol team.
``But they detonated the explosives killing themselves and
three policemen while two other policemen sustained injuries. On July 21, a
team of police investigators searching the wreckage of the jeep discovered six
unexploded bombs neatly concealed in the trunk of the vehicle comprising of
four 81mm caliber and two improvised.
``Similarly, six mortar bombs were discovered in the handbag
of a female member of the suicide bombers,’’ he said.
The commissioner, who said the bombs, had a range of 1,000
meters radius, urged security operatives on the highway to be vigilant.
He said the police also recovered one general purpose
machine gun, two AK47 rifles and hundreds of ammunition from insurgents who
were repelled in an attempted attack on Bara town.
Danladi called on motorists and the public to cooperate with
security agencies to ensure security of lives and property.
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