10 Years Old Strapped With Explosives Arrested in Kastina
Security forces have arrested a 10 Years old girl strapped with high
calibre explosives in Katsina State, Coordinator of the National
Information Center, Mr. Mike Omeri has said.
Information Center, Mr. Mike Omeri has said.
Omeri in a statement said security forces stopped a car in Kastina state
today and arrested three suspected Boko Haram terrorists.
today and arrested three suspected Boko Haram terrorists.
According to him, those arrested included a male and tow girls, aged 18
and 10. He said the two attempted to escape.
and 10. He said the two attempted to escape.
The “10-year-old … was discovered to have been strapped with an explosive
belt,” he said.
belt,” he said.
The chilling trend of deploying young women and girls as bombers comes
three-and-half months after Boko Haram kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls
from the remote town of Chibok in the northeast.
three-and-half months after Boko Haram kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls
from the remote town of Chibok in the northeast.
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau boasted about the mass abductions in a
video during which he threatened to sell the girls as slaves.
video during which he threatened to sell the girls as slaves.
The Chibok abductions prompted a social media campaign that went viral and
drew unprecedented global attention to Boko Haram’s extremist uprising,
which the group says is aimed at creating a strict Islamic state in the
mainly Muslim north.
drew unprecedented global attention to Boko Haram’s extremist uprising,
which the group says is aimed at creating a strict Islamic state in the
mainly Muslim north.
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