Three Pakistan Teens Detained on Way to Train as Suicide Bombers
They were between 12 and 14 years old
Three young boys and a handler have been arrested in Pakistan after they were allegedly caught travelling to a suicide bomber training camp, it emerged today.
The children - aged 12 to 14 - were being transported from Karachi to a city in north Waziristan, near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, when police arrested them following a tip-off.
They were arrested on Tuesday as they boarded a bus in northwest Pakistan, according to CNN.
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