ABUJA, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Three female suicide bombers blew up themselves after a failed attack on a village near Nigeria's northern Maiduguri city late Tuesday, local police confirmed on Wednesday.
The trio quickly detonated the explosives wired round their bodies, killing themselves only, after they were sighted and accosted by security operatives, Victor Isuku, a police spokesman said.
They had attempted to attack Mamanti village in Molai area of Maiduguri, Isuku told reporters.
Terror group Boko Haram, which is blamed for thousands of deaths and displacement of 2.3 million people since 2009, is suspected to be responsible for the failed attack.
Maiduguri, the birthplace of the terror group and capital of the northeastern state of Borno, had served as the armed group's headquarters and spiritual base for several years until the Nigerian military cleared their largest training camp last December.
On May 19, three suspected suicide bombers also blew up themselves following a foiled attack at the University of Maiduguri.
Government forces are intensifying aerial and ground patrols in the northeast region.
