Female suicide bombers in Nigeria are now carrying babies to avoid detection in their attacks, authorities warn.

An attack in the town of Madagali on 13 January saw two women detonate their devices, killing themselves, two babies, and four others.

They had passed a vigilante checkpoint, mistaken for civilians because they were carrying infants.

Female attackers have been seen before, but officials said the use of babies could signal a “dangerous” trend.

The insurgent group Boko Haram is widely suspected of having carried out the attack.
Four women attacked Madagali located in Adamawa State, which was recaptured from Boko Haram in 2015.

Two were stopped at a security checkpoint, and detonated their devices, officials said.
The two women carrying infants, however, were not stopped, and exploded their own devices past the security point.

Boko Haram is known for using women, including young girls, as suicide bombers, notes the BBC.

The Nigerian government has been fighting the group in a major counter-offensive, recapturing much of their former territory.

But the insurgents have ramped up their suicide bombings in response.

In early December, two female suicide attackers killed at least 45 people in the same town, after they detonated their devices in a busy market.

A similar attack killed 25 people a year earlier.

BeeBeeOoh:
Is it not better we go our separate ways so that people that want Islamic state will have their wish(es) accomplished than killing innocent people??

sarrki:
May God punish

Bh sponsors and their supporters

BeeBeeOoh:
Is it not better we go our separate ways so that people that want Islamic state will have their wish(es) accomplished than killing innocent people??

Corrinthians:
Most of you sit in Lagos while typing this rubbish from your four by four shops. Why dont you take the first step of "going your separate way" by relocating to your barren villages?

I am sure this news sounds very pleasant to you since most of you ipob yoots love the sight of blood and gore.

truefact:

What is wrong in somebody telling you to have your own country and have your own cherished law.... have your country and deport those you like or don't like...besides, it is not by force to be together. .

...I wonder why zombies always like to get everything twisted ...

sarrki:



My people perish for lack of knowledge

Jeremiah 32:27 says it all

Both Islam and Christianity are alien to Africans

You are a figure here on nairaland

Please be watchful of your comments

I know there is freedom of speech and expression embedded in the Constitution

Freedom after speech is what you cannot guarantee

If the bubble burst

Jekwe1:
I thought they have been defeated

Corrinthians:
Most of you sit in Lagos while typing this rubbish from your four by four shops. Why dont you take the first step of "going your separate way" by relocating to your barren villages?

I am sure this news sounds very pleasant to you since most of you ipob yoots love the sight of blood and gore.

Corrinthians:
I wonder why Osus think anyone wants to share a country with slaves like them. They should pack their things and start relocating to show their seriousness already, instead of all these saliva they pour over the internet.

Corrinthians:
Most of you sit in Lagos while typing this rubbish from your four by four shops. Why dont you take the first step of "going your separate way" by relocating to your barren villages?

I am sure this news sounds very pleasant to you since most of you ipob yoots love the sight of blood and gore.

Corrinthians:
Most of you sit in Lagos while typing this rubbish from your four by four shops. Why dont you take the first step of "going your separate way" by relocating to your barren villages?

I am sure this news sounds very pleasant to you since most of you ipob yoots love the sight of blood and gore.