ABUJA (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist suicide bombers killed 15 civilians in a failed attack on a state oil company facility in northeast Nigeria, when soldiers at a checkpoint opened fire on their explosive-packed vehicles, the military said on Wednesday.
Seventeen civilians and five soldiers were wounded by the blasts on Tuesday which also destroyed eight vehicles, Defence Ministry spokesman Chris Olukolade said.
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