Boko Haram Forced 135 Children into Suicide Bombings in 2017
The Islamic State affiliate Boko Haram used at least 135 children to conduct suicide bombings in West Africa in 2017, according to statistics revealed by UNICEF this week.
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Nigeria Warns of Women Suicide Bombers Carrying Infants
Two women suicide bombers, believed to be tied to the Islamic State affiliate Boko Haram, reportedly committed a bombing in Nigeria while carrying infants on their backs.
Suspected Boko Haram Suicide Bombers Were 7-Year-Old Girls
A suicide bomb attack killed one person and injured 17 others at a market in Maiduguri, Nigeria, on Sunday. According to one eyewitness, the bombers were young children: two girls only 7 or 8 years of age.
Turkey Backs Down from Claiming Wedding Bomber Was a Child
The Turkish government has been stepping back from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s claim that the suicide bomber who killed 54 people at a Kurdish wedding on Saturday, many of them children, was a child aged 12 to 14 himself.
Turkey IDs Wedding Bomber as Islamic State Child
A suicide bomb attack on a Kurdish wedding in Turkey killed at least 54 people on Saturday evening, many of them children. The bomber himself has been described as a child only 12 to 14 years old, possibly coerced into wearing his remote-detonated explosive device.
Islamic State, Boko Haram Increasingly Rely on Female Suicide Bombers in Africa
An article at the Long War Journal notes that the recent headline news reports of female suicide bombers striking on behalf of Boko Haram, an affiliate of the Islamic State, are no coincidence. The use of women and girls as suicide bombers in the region is increasing.
Palestinian Journalists, Intellectuals Condemn Promotion of Child Martyrs and Terrorists
TEL AVIV – More and more Palestinian intellectuals, including noted journalists, are speaking out against the participation of children in terror attacks against civilians. The Palestinian leadership has not condemned any of the stabbing or shooting attacks in the latest
‘Terrified’ Ten Year Old Girls Used as Suicide Bombers by Boko Haram
Two young girls killed at least three people yesterday when they blew themselves up in a market place in Potiskum, northern Nigeria. They were thought to have been around ten years of age. The attack comes just days after another
