Abuja Mall: Soldiers Killed One Suspect, and Arrested Another

Scenes From the Latest Bombing

Scenes From the Latest Bombing

Scenes From the Latest Bombing

Scenes From the Latest Bombing

THE Coordinator, National Information Centre, Mr Mike Omeri, said on Wednesday that soldiers killed one of the suspected bombers of EMAB Plaza in Abuja and arrested another.

Omeri told newsmen in Abuja that the attackers came on a power bike and planted an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) by the entrance of the shopping mall.

He also confirmed the death of 21 persons and 17 others injured in the blast which also damaged several vehicles.

One of the suspects who were alleged to have carried out the attack of the Abuja Shopping Mall on Wednesday, has been arrested by the Nigerian Military. The suspect was arrested shortly after the blast, while the mop-up crew at the scene of the attack was on-going. The second suspect was shot dead, while fleeing on a power bike motorcycle. The shooting took place, witnesses say, after he was asked to stop by the security, but had refused to heed to their directive.
Information gathered at the scene indicated that the arrested suspect, whose name was not issued by police, was caught with the second unexploded bomb packaged in the bag, which was about to be detonated at the nearby Abuja Shopping Mall. Traders were seeing running helter-skelter when the security arrested the second suspect with the device, which was later defused.
Reports have it that the suspects who driven the bomb-laden vehicle, could not gain entry into the shopping mall, as a result of the checks being conducted on all vehicles. They had entered into the complex by the private security guard entrance. The tight security situation forced them to park the vehicle, and then they had sped-off with the power bike .
Many people who were at the scene of the blast later confirmed to newsmen that the two attackers had fled the scene with the power bike motorcycle.