Suicide bomber’s mobile phone recovered from ThisDay blast scene

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lnvestigators have recovered the cell-phone of the suicide bomber that attacked the office of ThisDay in the Jabi area of Abuja on Thursday.

The charred phone was among the items that were picked up by security agents, who examined the remnants of the Isuzu Sports Utility Vehicle used by the bomber in carrying out his deadly mission.

Apart from the phone, bomb fragments and other clues were extracted from the wreckage of the vehicle for forensic analysis.

A source told our correspondent that a forensic analysis of the SIM card content would be done to provide clues to the identity of the bomber and the conversations that he might have had with his accomplices and sponsors before setting out for his target.

The source said, "The recovery of the burnt phone is a boost to ongoing investigation of the incident. We can only hope that the SIM card is not damaged in the blast. If it is intact and we explore it, we should be able to extract useful information from it."