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Nigeria rocked by child suicide bombings
January 12, 2015
The bombing by two suspected child suicide bombers in a crowded market on Sunday capped a week of horror and marked an ominous escalation in violence, with elections in Africa's most populous nation less than five weeks away.
A day earlier in the neighbouring Borno state, another young girl, also believed to have been about 10 years old, was stopped for a security check in the capital's main market when bombs strapped to her detonated, killing at least 16 people.