The spokesman of the Nigeria Police Force in Borno State, Victor Isuku,, has narrated how a dog died saving dozens of people at a wedding party in Maiduguri after it attacked a suicide bomber.
He told newsmen in Maiduguri that the dog stopped the teenage suicide bomber from detonating her explosives in the crowd.
According to Isuku, the dog belonged to a resident of the neighbourhood where the wedding took place.
He said the suicide bomber was about making her way into the gathering at the wedding ceremony before the dog pounced on her.
The girl, whose original mission appeared to have been thwarted, detonated her explosive while battling to wriggle herself from the canine grip of the dog
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The gallant dog paid the supreme sacrifice as it died alongside the suicide bomber.
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The gallant dog paid the supreme sacrifice as it died alongside the suicide bomber.
Isuku specifically disclosed the incident happened at about 7.30 a.m. in Belbello community of Jere Local Government Area in Borno State.
He said: “Information just received indicate that today at about 0733 hours (7.33am), a female suicide bomber with IED strapped to her body, attempted to infiltrate a wedding ceremony gathering in Belbello community of Jere LGA.
“She was, however, prevented by a watch dog, so she had to detonate the IED to kill herself and the dog.
“The dog was owned by resident in the locality. ”
Although the police did not state if the dog was trained in bomb detection, it is not common in Nigeria for dogs owned by civilians to be so trained.
Isuku noted that normalcy has since been restored in the area and “no further casualty was recorded apart from the dog.”
The incident occurred few hours after three suicide bombers blew themselves up at two different locations not far away from the spot where the wedding took place.
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