Boko Haram Now Using Babies In Suicide Bombing
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The Islamic sect, Boko Haram, widely known for using young children and women and youths to carry out their nefarious activities, have now resorted to the use of babies in suicide bombing.
The new tactics occurred when three female suicide bombers blew themselves up, killing at least 11 people and injuring 14 others as they approached a Civilian Joint Task Force, CJTF checkpoint entering Madagali.
One of the suicide bombers had a baby on her back, apparently to fool security officials into believing that she was a nursing mother and, as such, shouldn’t be suspected of being a terrorist.
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According to witnesses, she was wearing a long hijab which covered the baby, and in-between her and the child was a bomb which the infant was resting against.
A member of the CJTF who had been briefed on the incident said, “She was the first to approach the vigilantes, who didn’t suspect her because she was carrying a baby. After she slipped through, she stood at a corner waiting for the other girls.
“But the others appeared to be too scared of passing through security as they kept roaming round the checkpoint, reluctant to advance. When men from the CJTF approached them, they detonated their devices, killing a couple of the vigilantes in the process. The first suicide bomber then blew up herself and the baby.
“She must have thought that she would be shot by the soldiers nearby if she didn’t act fast,” the CJTF member said. “It appeared their main target was actually the market close to the checkpoint.”
