Massive Rise in Children Used as Human Bombs by Islamic Radicals Boko Haram to Kill People. Christian Post.
The
United Nations Children's Fund reported Tuesday that there has been an alarming
rise in children being used as "human bombs" in attacks carried out by the
Islamic radical group Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria.
"Children
have been used repeatedly in this way over the last few years and so far this
year, the number of children used is already four times higher than it was for
all of last year," UNICEF said in a statement.
"Since
Jan. 1, 83 children have been used as 'human bombs'; 55 were girls, most often
younger than 15 years old; 27 were boys, and one was a baby strapped to a girl,"
it added.
"The
use of children in this way is an atrocity."
The
agency insisted that the children are victims and not perpetrators, and are
forced to carry out attacks by extremists.
The
terror group has been waging war on Christians and other civilians since 2009 in
Nigeria, with a report in February estimating that close
to 100,000 people have been killed, and over 2 million have been
displaced.
Several
reports, including one from BBC News earlier this year, revealed that the
jihadists have also been using women disguised as mothers carrying babies in
suicide-bomb attacks.
And yet there are those who believe that evil of this depth must not attract a capital disposal. They are wrong.
Wrong morally; wrong scripturally and wrong from the point of view of justice.
Someone once said to me, "How can you love a man when you are putting a rope around his neck?" - An essentially shallow opinion. Scripturally, SOCIETY should fix that rope and those of us who are Christians should be considering his eternal welfare.
I would guarantee that more people find the Saviour when their mind has been concentrated into the thought that 'they will be hanged in the morning' - than ever find Him when NOT facing that outcome! - And yes - I would genuinely pray for their salvation!
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