A male suicide bomber riding a bicycle detonated an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) strapped to his body at a security checkpoint in the Muna Dalti area. The explosion killed the bomber and three members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) instantly, and injured 17 other people.
5 Mar 2018 · Muna Dalti, Jere, Borno
Deaths
4
Injured
17
Kidnapped
0
Total casualties
21
Perpetrators
Boko Haram
Response
Borno State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Joseph Kwaji, issued an official press statement confirming the attack, the casualties, and the evacuation to UMTH. EOD and patrol teams visited and sanitized the scene
Displacement
0
Socioeconomic drivers
Boko Haram’s tactic of targeting Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) members who actively support the military against the group.
Trajectory
Boko Haram continued asymmetric suicide attacks with everyday items like bicycles to target security collaborators and civilians in accessible areas around Maiduguri after losing most territory.
Cycle notes
Mirrored earlier Boko Haram attacks including the 11 July 2017 Molai checkpoint bombing targeting CJTF members, the 23 August 2017 Muna Garage suicide attack on security personnel and civilians, the 17 January 2018 Muna Garage market bombing near transit and security gathering points, the 26 December 2016 Maiduguri suicide bombings targeting urban civilian–security zones, and the 22 October 2017 Muna Dalti coordinated attacks, reflecting a recurring pattern of targeting checkpoints and CJTF-linked locations with mobile, low-profile suicide bombers—often on foot or bicycle— to penetrate lightly fortified security points and inflict casualties on both security collaborators and nearby civilians.
Pattern
Checkpoints targeting
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