Boko Haram kills 5 policemen, 3 others in suicide car bomb in Borno

Members of Boko Haram today struck in a twin suicide attack around the Dalori Housing Estate in Maiduguri Borno State, killing 5 policemen, 3 civilians and wounding several others. The men were said to have rammed the Volkswagen Golf cars they came in into a police patrol van. The bomb they carried detonated, killing them, the police men, 3 people around the area and injuring several others.

Immediately after the blast, security operatives cordoned off the area to prevent further attacks.

Metro News 09:52