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Why is it so difficult to prosecute female terrorists?

18 March 2021

6:00 PM

18 March 2021

6:00 PM

For decades, terrorist organisations have targeted women for recruitment. Deployed as suicide bombers for Al Qaeda, Boko Haram, the Tamil Tigers, and Hamas – to name but a few – women have also died serving in frontline roles. Yet we are now faced with a new group of female terrorists that are proving difficult to prosecute.

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