Self-defense fighters thwart bombings in Nigeria, Cameroon
MAIDUGURI- Two people were killed as self-defense fighters helped thwart more deadly suicide bombings in Nigeria and Cameroon on Tuesday, officials and witnesses said.
In Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria's biggest city and the birthplace of the Boko Haram insurgency, a lone bomber attempted to attack a mosque near the city's university during morning prayers.
A member of a civilian self-defense force stopped the bomber from reaching the mosque but the bomb killed them both, said police spokesman Victor Isukwu.
The bomber's body was so mangled it was impossible to determine the age or gender, witnesses said. "It took aid workers about an hour to pick up the scattered flesh and bones," said witness Simon Madu.
