Boko Haram Increasingly Using Children In Suicide Bombings, UNICEF Says
The horrifying pattern is a sign of shifting strategy for the militant group, now in its eighth year of conflict. Twenty-seven children were used in suicide attacks in the first three months of 2017.
by Merrit Kennedy
Apr 13, 2017
2 minutes
Boko Haram militants have used 27 children to carry out suicide bombing attacks in the first three months of this year in Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon, according to a new report from UNICEF.
This marks a major increase — 30 children were used in bombings for
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