Nigeria: Murdered Nigerian Cleric Preached 'Peace'

Abuja — It has been a bloody seven days in northern Nigeria, where a pastor and a prominent sheik were murdered over the weekend, just days after scores of people were killed in separate attacks in Borno and Adamawa states. Militants are targeting clerics for speaking out against extremism, according to accounts by local residents.

Last week, after the Nigerian military announced it would quickly end Nigeria's more than four-year-old insurgency, the bloodshed got worse. Militants stormed a town, bombed a church and bombed a bus.

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