Mali roadside bombing injured Irish Army Ranger Wing members

A roadside bomb which injured three members of the Army Ranger Wing (ARW) in Mali was probably laid by a child who was paid just €1.50 by Islamic extremists to carry out highly-dangerous task

A roadside bomb which injured three members of the Army Ranger Wing (ARW) in Mali was probably laid by a child who was paid just €1.50 by Islamic extremists to carry out the highly-dangerous task.

UN observers in the war-torn country, which is nearly four times the size of France, have said extremists allied to Isil and al-Qaeda are paying children a pittance to lay bombs.