10 Year Old Suicide Bomber Rescued in Afghan

 

Spozhmay

 A ten-year old girl was stopped by Afghan police wearing an explosive suicide vest as she tried to carry out a deadly attack
The Interior Ministry said police had apprehended the young girl who had intended to carry out a suicide attack against Afghan border police in southern Helmand province.
The girl, named as Spozhmay, by NDTV, is reported to be as young as
ten and thought to be the sister of a prominent Taliban commander, is said to be in a state of shock and confusion.
In a statement, the Interior Ministry said the girl claimed her brother, a local Taliban commander, had sent her on the mission.
According to spokesman Sediq Sediqi, one of the Afghan soldiers spotted the girl wearing a suicide jacket.
But she could not operate the button to detonate the suicide vest or she was arrested before she could carry the attack. 
The girl has now been transferred to the provincial capital of Lashkar Gah.