Internally Displaced Persons (Idps) At Their Camp In Maiduguri On Monday Photo ABI/BJO/
The United Nations has mentioned 881 youngsters have been both killed or maimed by terror group Boko Haram and the Nigerian troops in 2017.
The UN Secretary-General’s report on ‘children and armed conflict’ disclosed this in a assertion.
Many of the casualties have been recorded after aerial bombardments and the focusing on of youngsters suspected to be carrying person-borne improvised explosive units.
The report learn partially, “The United Nations verified a total of 881 children killed (570) and maimed (311) in Nigeria, attributed to Boko Haram (620) and to Nigerian Security Forces (NSF) (261).”
Almost half of all casualties resulted from suicide assaults perpetrated by Boko Haram (together with using youngsters as carriers of person-borne improvised explosive units) (411).
The report added, “With regard to NSF, casualties were caused by aerial bombardments (235) and the targeting of children suspected to be carrying person-borne improvised explosive devices (26).”
In the meantime, the Nigerian navy authority has but to reply to the report.