Terrorism experts believe Boko Haram has begun coercing young girls into becoming suicide bombers in Nigeria. Three young female suicide bombers as young as 10 years old carried out attacks last weekend just days after Boko Haram, a militant group fighting to create an Islamic state, raided and torched at least 10 towns in northeastern Nigeria, leaving around 2,000 people missing and feared dead. Terrorism experts said Boko Haram might be indoctrinating kidnapped schoolgirls and using them as bombers. Read more at NBC News. —Harold Maass
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