Suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers kill at least 15 people in attack on state oil company facility in Borno state.
Suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers have killed 15 civilians in an attack on a state oil company facility in northern Nigeria, when soldiers at a checkpoint opened fire on their explosive-packed vehicles, the military said.
Seventeen civilians and five soldiers were wounded by the blasts on Tuesday, which also destroyed eight vehicles in Borno state, Chris Olukolade, a defence ministry spokesman, said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
Olukolade said the bombers, believed to be from the Boko Haram rebel group, were driving towards the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation facility at Mule.
Four bombers died in the attack.
