Soldiers Detonate Bombs Found In IDP Camps In Maiduguri

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div readability='87'><br /><p><img alt="IED" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-260270" height="399" src="http://ift.tt/1BKOa0l" width="600"/>Soldiers on Saturday detonated two homemade bombs found in a camp housing people displaced by Boko Haram violence in Maiduguri.</p><br /><p>Two men suspected of planting the explosives were arrested and an investigation is ongoing, they said.</p><br /><p>The bombs were found in the city’s Yerwa primary school, prompting panic until soldiers destroyed the bombs from a distance.</p><br /><p>The school was converted into a camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) after Boko Haram Islamists captured the town of Bama, some 70 kilometres (43 miles) from Maiduguri, last July.</p><br /><p>“Two improvised bombs were found in Yerwa primary school IDP camp by the people who notified soldiers stationed nearby”, local vigilante Ari Butari said.</p><br /><p>“The soldiers asked people to evacuate before shooting the bombs from a distance, triggering two explosions that didn’t harm anyone”, he said.</p><br /><p>“Two men were arrested on accusation that they were involved in planting the bombs. They drew suspicion because they were not known to be living in the camp”, he added.</p><br /><p>Butari accused Boko Haram of being behind the foiled bomb attack.</p><br /><p>His account was supported by Suleiman Yusuf, an IDP staying in the camp.</p><br /><p>“Some people saw two abandoned black polythene bags and called the attention of our leaders in the camp who in turn informed security personnel”, Yusuf said.</p><br /><p>“The bags turned out to be containing bombs and the soldiers asked everyone to stay clear of the bombs which they detonated from a distance”, he said.</p><br /><p>He confirmed that two men were detained after raising suspicions.</p><br /><p>“Everyone is vigilant and once a new face shows up we all remain on the alert”, he said.</p><br /><p>Scores of IDP camps dot Maiduguri following a huge influx of people fleeing towns and villages seized by Boko Haram, doubling the population of the city which stood at around one million people.</p><br /><p>This is believed to be the first foiled attempt to attack any of the camps in the city.</p><br /><p>The six-year-old Boko Haram insurgency has killed some 13,000 people and displaced 1.5 million in Nigeria and neighbouring countries.</p><br /></div><br /></div>

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