Five policemen were among 10 persons killed in Maiduguri yesterday when two vehicles
driven by suicide bombers rammed into a police patrol vehicle.The latest attack on Maiduguri, the Borno State capital and epicentre of the Boko Haram insurgency, coincided with a protest led my Muslim women to the National Assembly over the mindless killing of Nigerians by the terrorists.
Those who lost their lives in the incident, which occurred at about 9 am, included five policemen, three civilians and the two suicide bombers who drove two Volkswagen Golf cars that rammed simultaneously into the police Toyota Hilux patrol van.
It was also learnt that many other persons were left with severe injuries from the incident that shook the entire town and resulted in security checks being established in other parts of the town.
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