Posted on 07/30/2009 3:48:13 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AFP) – A Nigerian Islamist sect leader was shot dead following his capture Thursday, after troops put down a five-day uprising that left hundreds dead.
Mohammed Yusuf, 39, leader of a Nigerian self-styled Taliban sect was captured earlier in the day from a house in the northeastern city of Maiduguri following days of deadly clashes between his followers and security forces.
"Mohammed Yusuf was killed by security forces in a shootout while trying to escape," Moses Anegbode, police Assistant Inspector-General for the northeastern Nigeria told BRTV state television.
"I can confirm that has been killed and the body is with us," he said.
An AFP journalist saw his naked, bullet-riddled body lying on the grounds of the police headquarters among two dozen others brought in earlier from parts of the city.
Earlier a policeman told AFP Yusuf had "pleaded for mercy and forgiveness before he was shot."
State television footage shown earlier to officials and journalists at a government office showed jubilant police celebrating around the body.
Nigerian forces on Thursday put the extremists to flight after an all-out assault on their northern stronghold to crush the rebellion.
Troops raided the Islamists headquarters in the northern city of Maiduguri, killing some 200 followers of the self-styled Taliban sect including its deputy leader.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
Map locating the northern states where the worst clashes have occurred between police and radical Islamists. Nigerian forces put Islamist extremists to flight in a brutal all-out assault on their northern stronghold after an uprising led to clashes that have left hundreds dead. (AFP/Graphic/File/Gil)
I hope they SHORT some more radical Islamicists.
(”Mohammed Yusuf was killed by security forces in a shootout while trying to escape,” ...
Earlier a policeman told AFP Yusuf had “pleaded for mercy and forgiveness before he was shot.”)
That’s how other countries deal with terrorists.
(”Mohammed Yusuf was killed by security forces in a shootout while trying to escape,” ...
Earlier a policeman told AFP Yusuf had “pleaded for mercy and forgiveness before he was shot.”)
That’s how other countries deal with terrorists.
“State television footage shown earlier to officials and journalists at a government office showed jubilant police celebrating around the body.”
Now that’s worth a beer at the White House.
Who has that “Trying to give a damn... stopping.” GIF? Sums up my feelings perfectly.
GOOD!
“Mohammed Yusuf was killed by security forces in a shootout while trying to escape,”
What? No rights advisement? No lawyer? /s
[I just hope they double-tapped that toad, so he didn’t retry to escape...]
I love a happy ending! (Sniff!)
bttt
Opps...
Son-of-a-gun, how’d that happen? He was here just a minute ago and now he’s daid.
Oh, too bad.
The other day on BBC Radio, they quoted a Nigerian professor who essentially said, "Radical Islam is like a cancer, you have it cut it out."
I was surprised to hear something like that on the BBC.
Thank God they have outlawed naked shorting!
“His bullet-riddled body was displayed at a police headquarters with one hand in a sling, suggesting he was wounded in fighting before his capture Thursday.”
Sounds like a happy ending to me. Kudos to the police.
The security troops deserve a beer summit.
“Mohammed Yusuf was killed by security forces in a shootout while trying to escape,” ...
Damn stairs are slippery down at the precinct.
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