4 teen girl suicide bombers launch deadly attack in Nigeria

Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/02/22/qwe.jpg"/><figcaption>Aisha, 14, is a Nigerian girl kidnapped by Boko Haram then assigned a suicide bombing mission. After she was strapped with explosives, she found help instead of blowing herself and others up. Meanwhile, on Saturday, 4 teenage-girl suicide bombers killed 2 people in multiple attacks in northeast Nigeria. World Press Photo/Adam Ferguson/Handout</figcaption></figure></div>Four teenage girl suicide bombers have killed two people in multiple attacks in northeast Nigeria, residents said Saturday, in the latest assault since the government announced it was in ceasefire talks with Boko Haram.The suspected Boko Haram attack took place late Friday in the northeast Borno state capital of Maiduguri, the epicenter of the group&#x27;s Islamist insurgency.The girls, estimated to be between the ages of 13 and 18, attacked the Zawuya settlement on the outskirts of Maiduguri, killing two people, residents told AFP.&quot;We lost two people, a woman and a boy, in two of the four suicide explosions,&quot; Zawuya resident Musa Haruna Isa said.One of the bombers blew up while trying to scale a low mud wall outside a house that starting crumbling and detonated her explosive belt, killing the boy, Isa said.&quot;One of them exploded near an open-air mosque, injuring one person,&quot; he said, adding that another bomber &quot;panicked from the explosions from her colleagues and squeezed the trigger in the open, killing only herself.&quot;However, police said that just one person died in the attack.&quot;They (bombers) detonated the explosives killing themselves and one other person... 13 persons were injured and were taken to a hospital where they are responding to treatment,&quot; Maiduguri police said in a statement. The attack highlighted the challenge the government faces in reaching a ceasefire agreement with the fractionalized Boko Haram.Last week, when more than 100 schoolgirls were returned to Dapchi after being kidnapped by the jihadist group, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said his government was offering amnesty to &quot;repentant&quot; jihadists. But senior security officials cautioned that reaching any agreement with the group will be difficult, as it is split into competing factions with different goals. The Islamic State-affiliated faction reportedly in talks with the government is led by Abu Mus&#x27;ab al-Barnawi and is known for attacks on military targets, while another faction led by Abubakar Shekau is notorious for suicide bombings killing civilians. Zawuya, a settlement of people displaced by Boko Haram mostly from Rann, a town on the remote northeast border with Cameroon, lies close to the Muna Garage area, home to some 40,000 internally displaced people. Both camps have been repeatedly targeted by Boko Haram attacks.

Saturday's attack is the latest assault since the government announced it was in ceasefire talks with Boko Haram.

Saturday's attack is the latest assault since the government announced it was in ceasefire talks with Boko Haram.

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4 teen girl suicide bombers launch deadly attack in Nigeria

4 teen girl suicide bombers launch deadly attack in Nigeria

Agence France-Presse

Published Apr 01, 2018 12:38 AM PHT

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