Suspected Terrorist Blow Self with Explosives
In order to escape arrest, a suspected terrorist has reportedly killed himself by detonating an Improvised Explosive Device (IED).
The incident was said to have happened after all efforts to escape security operatives who surrounded his house in the early hours of Monday at Keke community in the Chikun Local Government Area of the state.
The state Police Command Public Relations Officer, Muhammed Jalige, confirmed the development but said he is yet to receive full details of the incident from the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Millennium City.
In a report monitored from Channels Television, the security agencies trailed him to an apartment in the Keke community in Chikun local government where he has been hiding after watching him for some time as he has been under their radar.
The source further disclosed that a combined team of policemen, personnel of the Department of State Security Services, and soldiers surrounded the apartment and engaged the suspect in a gun battle.
According to the report, sensing that the security operatives were closing in on him, the suspected terrorist blew himself up with an improvised explosive device.
An AK-47 rifle was said to have been recovered inside the man’s apartment, along with two other live explosive devices, that were later safely detonated by the anti-bomb squad of the Kaduna State Police Command.
Meanwhile, the mutilated body of the man was later evacuated from the scene by security operatives who also took his wife and children away for further investigation.
