Whilst no one has yet claimed responsibility, Boko Haram has used child-bombers on previous occasions. In yesterday's attack a 14 year-old girl was refused access to a crowded bus-station and blew herself up as a crowded taxi drove past her minutes later, killing six other people and leaving 41 injured. The Nigerian government is now considering whether the attacks are linked or not with an increase in violence by Islamist militants who have been fighting for more than two years against Nigeria's government.
Whilst no one has yet claimed responsibility, Boko Haram has used child-bombers on previous occasions. In yesterday's attack a 14 year-old girl was refused access to a crowded bus-station and blew herself up as a crowded taxi drove past her minutes later, killing six other people and leaving 41 injured. In July, a 10 year-old girl carried out a suicide attack that killed 19 and left 47 wounded.