From child soldiers to child suicide bombers, children are badly misused on parts of the continent of Africa.
One person was seriously injured when a suicide bomber aged around 10
blew herself up in a New Year's Eve attack in the northeastern Nigerian
city of Maiduguri, witnesses and aid workers told AFP Sunday.
The girl
approached a crowd buying noodles from a food vendor in the Customs
area of the city around 9:30 pm on Saturday and detonated her
explosives, they said. Although no one has claimed responsibility the
attack bore the hallmark of Boko Haram Islamists who are notorious for
using suicide bombers, mostly women and young girls, in attacking
civilian targets. "The girl walked towards the crowd but she blew up
before she could reach her target," said witness Grema Usman who lives
in the area. "She died instantly, while one person was seriously hurt
after after he was hit by shrapnel." "(Judging) from her corpse the
girl was around 10 years old," Usman said...In December two girls aged
between seven and eight detonated explosives in suicide attacks on
market in the city, injuring 19 people.
Authorities blamed the attack
on Boko Haram, whose seven-year insurgency has killed 20,000 people and
displaced 2.6 million others. The conflict has spilled into Nigeria's
northern neighbours.
Saturday's attack came a week after Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari
said the jihadist group had been routed from Sambisa forest, its last
stronghold in Borno state:
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