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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>An Improvised Explosive Device, IED, detonated in Meleri Village, Damboa Local Government Area, on Saturday, leaving one individual injured.<\/p>\n

The incident was reported by Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency expert specialising in the Lake Chad region, via a post on his X handle.<\/p>\n

According to Makama, intelligence sources informed him that one Alhaji Sanda, a resident of the Hansari IDP Camp, and Bulama Zarayye, aged 40, were gathering baobab tree seeds when Zarayye inadvertently stepped on an IED.<\/p>\n

The device, believed to have been planted by members of the Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, exploded, inflicting injuries on Zarayye\u2019s buttocks, right hand, and thigh.<\/p>\n

Makama stated that a joint security team\u2014including personnel from the military and the Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear, EOD-CBRN, unit\u2014was swiftly deployed to the scene.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe area was cordoned off, and a search for additional explosive devices was carried out, but no further devices were found.<\/p>\n

\u201cZarayye was transported to the General Hospital in Damboa, where he is presently receiving treatment and is reported to be in stable condition,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/span> Follow Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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