A 16-year-old English girl finished life about six weeks ago. Her families discovered a cryptic doodle saying 'I am fine' but when turned upside down, the note became 'Help me', making the grieving families heart-broken.
Maisie Cousin-Stirk, 16, from Nottinghamshire, left without a suicide note. Her sister, Amy Cousin, 27, found a heartbreaking doodle in her bedroom shortly after her death. The note read 'I'm fine' one way but 'help me' another way.
Maisie's mum, Helen Cousin, a 46-year-old teaching assistant, believes her beloved daughter was depressed. She confessed she never thought Maisie would do this. They were very close but Maisie seemed to hide something and tolerate herself.
Maisie died on June 19 after going missing while taking the dog for a walk. Her family called the police when realized there was something wrong but it was too late. Maisie’s body was discovered in a lane, only a few minutes from their house.
Not long before Maisie's tragic death, she and her families had been planning a summer holiday. Helen regrets she didn't sense anything as a mother, so she turned Maisie's doodle into a lapel badge. She wants to try and help other teenagers to raise awareness about depression by handing out these badges.
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Three suspected suicide bombings have killed at least 23 people and wounded 108 others in northeastern Nigeria, police said Tuesday. It was one of the deadliest attacks targeting the city of Maiduguri in recent history.
Residents and emergency services earlier told The Associated Press that the explosions were reported on Monday night in crowded places in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, including at a major market and the entrance of the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital.
The wounded "sustained varying degrees of injuries,” Borno police spokesperson Nahum Kenneth Daso said in a statement, which blamed the attacks on suspected suicide bombers.
President Bola Tinubu, who left the country on Tuesday for a two-day state visit to the United Kingdom, expressed his condolences for the victims and directed security chiefs to “take charge of the situation" in Maiduguri.
“The Monday attacks were desperate acts of the evil-minded terrorist groups," Tinubu said. "Our gallant military and civilian task forces will curtail and put them down.”
No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks, but suspicion quickly fell on the Boko Haram jihadi group, which in 2009 launched an insurgency in northeastern Nigeria to enforce their radical interpretation of Shariah, or Islamic law.
Boko Haram has since become stronger, with thousands of fighters and different factions, including the Islamic State West Africa Province, which is backed by the Islamic State group.
The first explosion was recorded at about 7:30 p.m. at the entrance of the teaching hospital, while the second and third blasts followed a few minutes later at the popular Monday Market and nearby Post Office business hub, both located about 4 kilometers (2½ miles) from the hospital.
Witnesses recounted the chaos that followed at the scenes and at hospitals, as security forces and emergency services quickly intervened.
Caleb Jonah, a survivor of the explosion at the hospital entrance, told the AP that he sustained injuries to his legs and hands.
“I was coming to the hospital to check (in on) a patient when I saw two men struggling with the security men at the gate,” Jonah said. “Before I could process what was going on I heard the deafening blast and I passed out."
Another resident, Mamman Usman, 52, said that his younger brother who worked at the Monday Market was about to close his stall when the blast occurred.
“He was badly injured and rushed to the hospital unconscious,” Usman said.
Mohammed Hassan, a member of a volunteer group assisting security forces in fighting extremists said the attack was one of the deadliest in Maiduguri in years and that hospitals were “in dire need of blood” to treat victims.
Maiduguri has been at the heart of deadly violence in Nigeria in the past, but has experienced relative peace in recent years, even as the countryside is often battered by extremists.
The attack took place less than 24 hours after the Nigerian military repelled attacks by militants on the outskirts of Maiduguri, in what some residents say could have been planned as a distraction.
By Tuesday morning, there was a heavy security deployment in the affected locations and along major roads in the city. Many public places remained closed amid heightened fear.
“Investigations are ongoing to further ascertain the circumstances surrounding the incidents and to bring perpetrators to justice,” the Borno police command said.
Extremists have intensified their attacks against Nigerian military bases in recent weeks, killing several senior officers and soldiers, and stripping the bases of stocks of weaponry and ammunition.
The multiple attacks could be seen as a major victory for the jihadis in a city seen as impregnable, despite attackers often targeting troops and villages on the outskirts of the city.
Last year, an apparent suicide attack killed five at a mosque on Christmas Eve in the city last year.
“Maiduguri being attacked is like an insult for the security forces ... and for the (jihadi) groups, it is symbolic because it shows nowhere is out of their reach,” said Malik Samuel, a Nigerian security researcher with Good Governance Africa.
A victim of Monday's bomb blast at a market receives treatment at a hospital in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Jossy Ola)
A victim of Monday's bomb blast at a market receives treatment at a hospital in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Jossy Ola)
Victims of Monday's bomb blast at a market receives treatment at a hospital in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Jossy Ola)
Victims of Monday's bomb blast at a market receives treatment at a hospital in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Jossy Ola)
A security person patrols at the scene of Monday's bomb blast at a market in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Jossy Ola )
A soldier inspects the aftermath of Monday's bomb blast at a market in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Jossy Ola )
Police officers are seen at the scene of a bomb blast at a market in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Jossy Ola )
An ambulance is seen at the hospital following a bomb blast in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Monday, March 16, 2026. (AP Photo )
