Two soldiers of the JTF are hurt after an attack on their patrol van.
Two soldiers of the JTF are hurt after an attack on their patrol van.
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Two soldiers of the Joint Task Force, JTF, in Maiduguri, Borno State, are confirmed to have sustained injuries after they were attacked along Lagos Street in Borno State.
The spokesperson of the Joint Task Force, JTF, in Maiduguri, Sagir Musa, said a JTF patrol van was attacked with an Improvised Explosive Device.
“There was a bomb blast involving a JTF Hilux vehicle at about 7:15 am today along Lagos Street in Maiduguri metropolis. It is feared that two soldiers sustained injury. Details on the incident if any will be communicated,” he said.
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No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, at this time, though it is believe to have been carried out by the insurgent group, Boko Haram.
Six soldiers feared killed.
Though Mr. Musa said two soldiers were injured, residents and eyewitnesses say about six soldiers died from the attack.
An eyewitness claimed that the death of the soldiers caused other soldiers, who rallied round the scene of the explosion, to “beat and smash windscreens of vehicles around the scene of the blast.”
Another resident of Lagos Street said the Musa Usman State Secretariat, other offices, and businesses, closed in a rush as people hurried to their houses for fear of reprisal attacks by the JTF.
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