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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090730/ap_on_re_af/af_nigeria_violence
“Nigerian troops attack Islamist mosque, kill 100”
By NJADVARA MUSA, Associated Press Writer – 5 mins ago
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2304535/posts
Islamic Extremists Kill Pastor, Raze Churches in Nigeria
PERSECUTION.ORG - INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN CONCERN ^ | July 29, 2009 | N/A
Posted on July 30, 2009 10:00:38 AM PDT by Cindy
Washington, D.C. (July 29, 2009) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Islamic extremists killed a pastor and razed five churches in the city of Maiduguri, Nigeria, on July 27. The extremists also attacked two churches in the Nigerian city of Potiskum.
Yakubu Sabo, a husband and father of seven, was hacked to death with a machete by members of a violent Islamic militant group know as Boko Haram (which means “education is prohibited”). Sabo pastored a Church of Christ congregation in Maiduguri.
Deeper Life Church, Evangelical Mission, and Church of the Brethren are three of five other churches set ablaze by Islamists in Maiduguri. In the city of Potiskum, Islamists attacked First Baptist Church and Church of the Brethren. They also burned the musical instruments and sound systems of the churches before police came and chased them away.
Violence erupted on July 26 when police arrested leaders of Boko Haram. In retaliation, members of the group attacked a police station in the city of Bauchi...
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“Radical Nigerian Muslim leader killed in custody”
Ibrahim Mshelizza, Reuters
Published: Thursday, July 30, 2009
SNIPPET: “MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — The leader of a radical Islamic sect in northern Nigeria has been killed in police detention hours after being captured by the security forces, a police spokesman said on Thursday.
“He has been killed. You can come and see his body at the state police command headquarters,” said Isa Azare, spokesman for the police command in the northern city of Maiduguri.
Earlier in the day Nigerian security forces captured the leader of a radical Islamic sect responsible for days of clashes which have killed more than 180 people.”
SNIPPET: “President Umaru Yar’Adua said intelligence agencies had been tracking the group, sometimes referred to as the “Nigerian Taliban,” for years and that its members were procuring arms and learning to make bombs to force their views on Nigerians.
He ordered the security forces to take all necessary action to “contain them once and for all.””