A teenage girl strapped with explosives ran away from a
crowded mosque this week, killing only herself and cementing suspicions that
Boko Haram is using unwilling captives in its terror campaign in northeast
Nigeria.
The girl took off after her companion blew up in an
explosion that killed 30 people on Monday in Maiduguri. In the confusion of the blast, the other girl just ran away
and only exploded when she was far from the crowd.
It was unclear if the teenager fled in fright, fear or on
purpose, but this and other bungled bombings have many believing that Boko
Haram Islamic extremist group is using some of its thousands of kidnap victims
as unwilling weapons.
A military bomb disposal expert has told The Associated Press that most bombs carried by girls and women have remote detonation devices, meaning the carrier cannot control the explosion.
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