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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Mohammed Yusuf

Mohammed Yusuf stories: 2 news summaries

(Newser) - The leader of an uprising set on introducing Islamic law in Nigeria died in custody today, the BBC reports. Mohammed Yusuf was captured in his in-laws’ goat pen in Maiduguri—and was later seen standing and with no visible injuries by a Reuters reporter. “He has been killed,”... More »

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Islam • Africa • Nigeria • violence • Islamic law • Shariah • Mohammed Yusuf • police custody

 Nigerian Troops Attack 
 Militants' Mosque, Kill 100 

Group blamed for wave of violence; leader escapes

Jul 30, 09 6:52 AM CDT
(AP) - Nigerian security forces killed more than 100 militants yesterday as they shelled then stormed the mosque and compound of an Islamist sect blamed for days of violence across northern Nigeria. The bodies of barefoot young men littered the streets of Maiduguri this morning as the army conducted a house-to-house manhunt... More »

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military • Nigeria • Islamic militants • mosque • raid • Nigerian violence • Mohammed Yusuf

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