By AFPMore by this AuthorKANOFour people were killed in two separate suicide attacks in northeast Nigeria today, local militia members said, in the latest violence blamed on Boko Haram Islamists. "Three female suicide bombers were intercepted by the vigilantes while trying to sneak into the village around 5:00 am (0400 GMT), just as the morning prayers were about to start," he told AFP. "Two of the bombers blew themselves up while the third was shot dead by a soldier before her explosives detonated. "A male suicide bomber approached the village but some vigilantes got suspicious of his movements and accosted him," he said. Suicide attacks on "soft" civilian targets, as well as security checkpoints have increased after the militants were pushed out of captured territory since early 2015.

Source: Daily Nation April 24, 2017 14:37 UTC