LAGOS, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- Police authority in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri Saturday said two suspected female suicide bombers were shot dead by security agents.
Eight people sustained injuries in the incident which occurred on Friday night, Victor Isuku, the Borno State police spokesman said in a statement reaching Xinhua.
According to him, the female suicide bombers detonated explosives against a taxi on Maiduguri-Mafa highway, close to the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) checkpoint in the outskirt of Maiduguri.
The two bombers died in the incident, Isuku said.
The police Explosive Ordinance Disposal team was mobilized to the scene to render the un-exploded improvised explosive device safe, while normalcy has been restored to the area, the spokesperson added.
Meanwhile, the Nigerian Army said it had rescued six herdsmen abducted by Boko Haram insurgents at Kamuya community of northeast Yobe State.
The rescued herdsmen have been re-united with their families, Brig. Gen. Sani Kukasheka, the Army spokesman said in a statement on Saturday.
Kukasheka said the troops had killed two insurgents and recovered ammunition after a gun duel with the insurgents.
