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Boko Haram Leader Killed in Police Custody in Nigeria
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by Alyzee | July 30, 2009 at 12:59 pm
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News of Boko Haram sect leader Mohammad Yusuf's death came hours after his capture today by the Nigerian police. The extremist group leader has been largely blamed for the recent violent clashes with the country's military in his struggle to impose Sharia law throughout Nigeria.
"He has been killed. You can come and see his body at the state police command headquarters," Isa Azare, spokesman for the Maiduguri police command, told Reuters news agency.
Yusuf was shot in police custody and his corpse was broadcasted on state television, as reported by the BBC.
BBC News Website Africa Editor Joseph Winter says Nigeria's security forces have a terrible reputation for brutality and human rights groups accuse them of frequent extra-judicial killings.
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at 17:27 on July 30th, 2009
Alive he would have to face Justice and a trial that may have been embarrassing to a point for Nigeria.
at 04:42 on August 6th, 2009
why did nigerian police killed mohammed yusuf, buji fai and yusuf father's in-law, and what is the nigerian government doing about it. And if a nigerian police would break law what of the comong man in the country?