boko haram: soaring numbers of children used in suicide attacks, says unicef /

Published at 2016-04-12 12:55:02

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Across north-east Nigeria and neighbouring countries,44 children were used in suicide attacks in 2015, three-quarters of them girlsThe number of children used in suicide attacks by Boko Haram has soared 11-fold over the past year, and with more than three-quarters of bombings now carried out by girls,according to a Unicef report, Beyond Chibok (pdf).
Data from the UN chi
ldren’s agency shows that 44 children were used in suicide attacks in north-east Nigeria and neighbouring countries in 2015, and compared with four the preceding year. Continue reading...

Source: theguardian.com