Shocking : Children Female Suicide Bombers Blow Themselves After Being Accosted By Vigilantes In Borno

At least six people have been killed, including five female suicide bombers after they blew themselves up at a security check point in the Maiduguri, Borno state -emergency officials say. The girls were travelling in a group when they approached civilian vigilantes helping the Nigerian military fight Boko Haram.

"Two of the girls detonated their explosives instantly and the rest fled the scene," Muhammad Kanar from the Nigeria Emergency Management Agency told the BBC Hausa service.

The other three blew themselves up as they were being chased by security forces, he said.The girls were aged between nine to 13, he added. 

One other person was killed and four wounded in the incident.