The number of children used as human bombs by Boko Haram militants in north-east Nigeria has increased tremendously according to the United Nations.
According to a UNICEF report, the number of human suicide bomber quadrupled this year to 83 compared to that of last year.
55 were girls under the age of 15 and in one case the bomb was strapped to a baby being carried by a young girl.
Unicef says this tactic is an atrocity causing fear and suspicion of children released by the militants.
According to the UN children’s agency, 127 children have been used as bombers in north-east Nigeria since 2014.
The Islamist militants Boko Haram have regularly used children in its insurgency, abducting hundreds of schoolgirls, and forcibly recruiting boys as child soldiers.
