Suicide bombers have detonated explosives at three different locations in Muna area of Borno State.
The areas affected were Muna Usmanti, Muna Garage and Muna Ethopia.
The incidence occurred around 4:11am.
While five persons died, 11 were injured.
Among the dead were four suicide bombers.
Also killed was a member of the Civilian Joint Task Force.
The spokesperson of the National Emergency Management Agency for the North East, Abdulkadir Ibrahim, disclosed that response agencies, including emergency workers from the Borno State Emergency Agency, promptly responded to the distress calls.
Ibrahim said: “We have since taken the injured persons to hospital for proper medical attention, while the dead bodies have been deposited in the mortuary.”
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