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Boko Haram reportedly using young girls as suicide bombers

In its rampage across northern Nigeria, the militant group Boko Haram has used child suicide bombers in two attacks just this weekend
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While much of the world's attention has been focused on ISIS and al Qaeda, another Islamic militant group, Boko Haram, has been rampaging across northern Nigeria.

Boko Haram kidnapped hundreds of school girls last year. Since then, it has massacred civilians across the country, including as many as 2,000 people in the town of Baga earlier this month.

This past week, it is believed to have killed hundreds of people in suicide bombings. At least two of the attackers were children.

Deborah Patta is following the story and spoke with CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley.

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