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Outspoken Muslim cleric gunned down in Nigeria
A Muslim cleric highly critical of hardline Islamist sect, Boko Haram, was gunned down in an attack outside his home in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, according to witnesses.The gunmen, who were in a sports utility vehicle, gunned down Ibrahim Abdullahi Bolori outside his house, next-door to a mosque, said neighbors. "The sheikh came out of his house around 8:00 pm and sat outside. An unmarked jeep slowed down and gunmen shot him... five times before speeding off," said local resident Awwalu Ishaq. Bolori had been an outspoken critic of the radical Islamist group called Boko Haram, which launched an uprising in Maiduguri, the provincial capital of Borno state in 2009. The rebellion was put down by a brutal assault, but since 2010, attacks attributed to the group have left many dead, most of them policemen. Another cleric who had spoken out against the sect was shot down in the same city last year at his house while teaching Islam. Posted by: ryuge 2011-03-14 |
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