Teen girl suspected of suicide bomb attack is beaten to DEATH and burned by 'irate crowd'

A TEENAGE girl suspected of being a suicide bomber was today clubbed to death and set on fire in northeastern Nigeria.

 

Nigerian police officer at the busy Bauchi market, in the north east of the country

An angry mob turned on the young woman after she refused to be searched at the gate to a popular vegetable market in Bauchi today.

A crowd soon overpowered the girl – and found she had two bottles taped to her body.
The teenager was clubbed to death by the mob who the put a tyre soaked with fuel over her body and set it ablaze, witnesses reported.
Yam vendor Mohd Adamu told the Sky News that the suspected bomber was accompanied by another teenage girl – who was later arrested.
Police Deputy Superintendent Mohammad Haruna described the teenager as a victim of "mob action carried out by an irate crowd".
The Superintendent added it was doubtful the dead girl had been a suicide bomber since she would have detonated her explosives when she was attacked.
Nigeria has been plagued by a vicious spate of suicide attacks blamed on Islamist group, Boko Haram.

 

PA President Goodluck Jonathan waves to troops preparing to fight Boko Haram extremists

 

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Chadian soldiers drive through the town of Gambar – in the ongoing fight against Boko Haram

Girls as young as ten are detonating explosives in busy marketplaces and bus stations across the country.
It remains unclear whether the schoolgirls detonate the explosives themselves or whether the bombs are being controlled remotely.
Many of the young suicide bombers are believed to have been kidnapped by the terror group

Last week, President Goodluck Jonathan condemned Boko Haram for choosing soft targets.
He claimed the increase in attacks was a retaliation for the success of the Nigerian military in regaining towns previously under the terror group's control.
Boko Haram attacks claimed the lives of some 10,000 last year, the US Council on Foreign Relations has claimed.

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