Nigeria: 7- and 12-Year-Old Suicide Bombers Kill Five in Suspected Boko Haram Attack
Two children, suspected to be 7 and 12 years old and believed to be linked to the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) branch Boko Haram, reportedly carried out twin suicide bombings Monday that left at least five people dead and 15 others injured at the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) in the capital of northeastern Nigeria’s Borno State.
Although the ISIS Nigeria-based branch has not officially claimed
responsibility for the deadly attack on a mosque and another location
within UNIMAID, authorities and some local news outlets note that the incident bears the hallmarks of Boko Haram’s brutality.
“Several times, the Boko Haram terrorists have made attempts to
attack the university, but the military repelled them,” notes Nigeria’s Daily Post.
The attack comes after Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari claimed last month that his government had dealt the “final crushing
of Boko Haram terrorists in their last enclave in Sambisa Forest,” the
group’s primary stronghold that covers states parts of the northeastern
states of Borno, Yobe, Gombe, Bauchi, and Kano.
However, Boko Haram-affiliated attacks have reportedly continued. The Nigerian government has repeatedly claimed in the past to have “totally” crushed the terrorist group.
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