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Nigerian girl says parents volunteered her as suicide bomber
Source: BBC
25 December 2014 Last updated at 12:19 GMT
Nigerian girl says parents volunteered her as suicide bomber
A 13-year-old Nigerian girl has told how her parents gave her to Boko Haram militants to be used as a suicide bomber.
The girl, speaking at a news conference organised by police, said she was taken to the city of Kano where two other girls detonated their bombs.
At least four people died in the 10 December attack. The girl was arrested, still wearing explosives, police said.
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"They said, 'You will go to heaven if you do it.' I said 'No I can't.' They said they would shoot me or throw me into a dungeon."
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Nigerian girl says parents volunteered her as suicide bomber
A 13-year-old Nigerian girl has told how her parents gave her to Boko Haram militants to be used as a suicide bomber.
The girl, speaking at a news conference organised by police, said she was taken to the city of Kano where two other girls detonated their bombs.
At least four people died in the 10 December attack. The girl was arrested, still wearing explosives, police said.
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"They said, 'You will go to heaven if you do it.' I said 'No I can't.' They said they would shoot me or throw me into a dungeon."
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-30601639
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Can't imagine such a desolate situation where a family would command their daughter to kill herself and others.
