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Hunt for Nigerian Islamist sect

Source: BBC

Page last updated at 02:32 GMT, Wednesday, 29 July 2009 03:32 UK

Nigerian troops are tracking down members of an Islamist sect who went on a killing spree in northern cities.

Soldiers are searching areas near the home of sect leader Mohammed Yusuf in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state.

On Tuesday the army shelled the compound, exchanging heavy gunfire with militants. At least 140 people have been killed in three days of violence.

President Umaru Yar'Adua said the army had acted to nip a potentially dangerous problem in the bud.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8173717.stm

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