(CNN) — A separatist group fighting the Pakistani government for years has deployed a new weapon in its arsenal, police said: child bombers.
Police in the southwestern Balochistan province say they have arrested a group of children as young as 8 that the United Baloch Army has been using to carry out attacks.
"All the children belong to extremely poor and down-trodden families," officer Zubair Mehmood told a crowded news conference Wednesday.
The militant group paid them $25 to $50 to drop off packages carrying bombs with timers, he said.
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