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Below is an official statement from the Nigerian military stating that a suspect has been arrest in connection to a bombing that claimed 18 lives in Mubi, Adamawa state on Sunday June 1st.
DHQ/ABJ/901/32/DDI
2 June 2014
PRESS RELEASE
Meanwhile patrol troops have successfully repelled an ambush in Buratai community in Biu, a town in Borno state. The troops who fell into the ambush laid by the terrorists while on patrol, engaged the terrorists in a decisive fire fight killing four of them and capturing one alive. Also in Kawuri in Borno state, troops in a patrol have killed five terrorists in a shootout. The troops also captured two AK 47 rifles and two vehicles used by the terrorists.
AC OLUKOLADE
Major General
Director Defence Information
PRESS RELEASE
TROOPS ARREST MUBI BOMB SUSPECT
In recent operational engagements of troops deployed to fight terrorism in North Eastern Nigeria, a key suspect in the terror bomb explosion that rocked the Kabang community in Mubi, Adamawa Stateon Sunday evening has been arrested by troops who cordoned the area in a swift response to the explosion. The suspect was nabbed as observant members of the public confirmed sighting him alight from the vehicle used in conveying the explosive device that was detonated in Kabang shortly before the explosion. So far, 19 persons wounded in the explosion have been evacuated and are receiving medical attention in hospitals while 18 others have been confirmed dead.Meanwhile patrol troops have successfully repelled an ambush in Buratai community in Biu, a town in Borno state. The troops who fell into the ambush laid by the terrorists while on patrol, engaged the terrorists in a decisive fire fight killing four of them and capturing one alive. Also in Kawuri in Borno state, troops in a patrol have killed five terrorists in a shootout. The troops also captured two AK 47 rifles and two vehicles used by the terrorists.
AC OLUKOLADE
Major General
Director Defence Information
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