Amnesty: Hundreds killed in detention in Nigeria


October 15, 2013 at 3:27p.m.

Amnesty: Hundreds killed in detention in Nigeria

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Hundreds of people are dying in military detention from shootings, suffocation or starvation as Nigeria’s security forces crack down on an Islamic uprising in the northeast, Amnesty International said today. More than 950 people died in military custody in the first six months of this year, according to “credible information” from a senior Nigerian army officer, the rights group said.