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Adam Ferguson

Boko Haram strapped suicide bombs to them. Somehow these teenage girls survived.

These images depict young women who were captured by militants in Nigeria, strapped with explosives and sent into crowds to blow themselves up. Instead of carrying out their mission they found help.
Adam Ferguson

Boko Haram strapped suicide bombs to them. Somehow these teenage girls survived.

These images depict young women who were captured by militants in Nigeria, strapped with explosives and sent into crowds to blow themselves up. Instead of carrying out their mission they found help.
Adam Ferguson

Boko Haram strapped suicide bombs to them. Somehow these teenage girls survived.

Fatima, age 16, Borno State, Nigeria. Boko Haram Strapped Suicide Bombs to Them. Somehow These Teenage Girls Survived. September 2017. These images depict young women who were captured by militants in Nigeria, strapped with explosives and sent into crowds to blow themselves up. Instead of carrying out their mission they found help.

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Adam Ferguson

Boko Haram strapped suicide bombs to them. Somehow these teenage girls survived.

These images depict young women who were captured by militants in Nigeria, strapped with explosives and sent into crowds to blow themselves up. Instead of carrying out their mission they found help.
Adam Ferguson

Boko Haram strapped suicide bombs to them. Somehow these teenage girls survived.

Boko Haram Strapped Suicide Bombs to Them. Somehow These Teenage Girls Survived. October 2017. Falmata B, age 15, stands for a portrait in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria on Sept. 22, 2017. Falmata was assigned a suicide-bombing mission by Boko Haram but didn't carry it out.

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Adam Ferguson

Boko Haram strapped suicide bombs to them. Somehow these teenage girls survived.

Boko Haram Strapped Suicide Bombs to Them. Somehow These Teenage Girls Survived. October 2017. Aisha M, age 15, stands for a portrait in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria on Sept. 21, 2017. Aisha was assigned a suicide-bombing mission by Boko Haram but didn't carry it out.

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Adam Ferguson

Boko Haram strapped suicide bombs to them. Somehow these teenage girls survived.

Boko Haram Strapped Suicide Bombs to Them. Somehow These Teenage Girls Survived. October 2017. Maimuna, age 16, stands for a portrait in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria on Sept. 21, 2017. Maimuna was assigned a suicide-bombing mission by Boko Haram but didn't carry it out.

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