Nigeria police raid Muslim sect | |
Nigerian police have raided an isolated Muslim community in the western state of Niger, taking more than 600 people into custody. A team of 1,000 officers took part in the Saturday morning raid on the Darul Islam community, local media say. Police say no weapons were found and there was no resistance to the arrests. The settlement was established in the early 1990s to live according to strict Islamic principles, away from what they see as western decadence. | |
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