“We have had reports of children, especially children that are mentally challenged, who have been used as suicide bombers, most probably without them even understanding what has happened or what they have to expect,” said Renate Winter, expert on the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child.
In one video, she said, children as young as 8 are getting training to become soldiers.
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CNN’s Greg Botelho and Jessica King contributed to this report.
