The leader of the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram
Abubakar Shekau (C) delivers a speech as shown …
A number of others were
killed when troops deployed
to the scene opened fire, the
head of the Shia community,
Mustapha Lawan Nasidi, said
at the time.
The latest deaths were
described by another
community leader as "coldblooded murder" while
residents expressed concern
about the fate of a Muslim
cleric and three others who
were also detained.
- Beheading claims Neither the military in Yobe
or the capital, Abuja,
responded to AFP when
asked for comment and there
was no word either on claims
from Biu in neighbouring
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