Three male suicide bombers were killed while attempting to attack a female hostel in the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) on Thursday night, a report from the area said.

The report, by PRNigeria, said that one of the three suicide bombers carried an AK 47 gun. At least two bombs exploded during the attack, the report said.

It quoted a student leader in the university, Comrade Abu Hanifa Babati, as confirming that one of the explosions occurred around BOT Hostel, which is a female hostel.

He said another explosion occurred around the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.

On the casualty, an emergency worker involved in the evacuation said: “Four security men in the university, including volunteers were treated for injury they sustained as no life was lost except the killed suicide bombers.

The corpses have been evacuated by workers from NEMA and BOSEMA, the report said.