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| Nigeria to probe Islamist attacks | Nigeria to probe Islamist attacks |
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| Nigeria's President Umaru Yar'Adua has ordered an investigation into last week's Islamist uprising, which left hundreds dead. | Nigeria's President Umaru Yar'Adua has ordered an investigation into last week's Islamist uprising, which left hundreds dead. |
| He said this would include the death of the sect's leader, Mohammed Yusuf. | He said this would include the death of the sect's leader, Mohammed Yusuf. |
| Mr Yusuf was arrested but then shot dead. Police say he was killed in a shoot-out when he tried to escape but some say he was executed. | |
| His Boko Haram sect attacked several police stations across the mainly Muslim north. | His Boko Haram sect attacked several police stations across the mainly Muslim north. |
| The sect said it was fighting against Western education and believed Nigeria's government was being corrupted by Western ideas and wanted to see Islamic law imposed across the country. | |
| Meanwhile, the inspector-general of police, Ogbonaya Onovo, denied that his force took part in extrajudicial killings. | |
| Police say Mr Yusuf was shot dead in an exchange of fire during the process of his arrest. | |
| Boko Haram launched simultaneous attacks on police stations in different parts of northern Nigeria - but its militants were mainly armed with machetes and hundreds were killed by the security forces. | |
| Mr Yar'Adua said the killing of Mr Yusuf would be investigated "together with the overall events that have happened", AFP news agency reports. |