A young girl strapped with explosives and
sent to a crowded mosque this week, made
a detour and running away to kill only
herself.
This recent act of bravely by the young
girl has added fuel to the belief that Boko
Haram are using unwilling captives in its
terror campaign in northeast Nigeria.
Security forces personnel arrive at the
site of a blast
The girl who is said to look around 12
years of age, took off after her partner
blew up in another explosion which took
the lives of around 30 people on Monday
in Maiduguri.
“In the confusion of the blast, the other
girl just ran away and only exploded
when she was far from the crowd,”
said fishmonger Idi Idrisa.
It’s unclear if the girl’s runaway was due
to fear or purpose but this recent action
has made many to believe that Boko
Haram are using some of its thousands of
kidnap victims as unwilling weapons.
One military expert told reporters that
most bombs carried by girls and women
have remote detonation devices,
meaning the carrier cannot control the
explosion.
The United Nation had last month
revealed an “alarming spike” in suicide
bombings by girls and women, saying
that this year alone has seen 27 cases
while the whole of last year had only 26.
This comes a girl who looked no more
than 12 years old had detonated
explosives that killed 10 people and
injured 30 in a crowded market at Wagir
village in northeastern Yobe state,
according to truck driver Malam Usaini
Jibril.
This week alone over 80 people has been
killed by suicide bombers alone in
Nigeria.
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