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Nigeria: Civilians Were Killed by Security Agents, Panel Says Nigeria: Civilians Were Killed by Security Agents, Panel Says
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Nigeria’s National Human Rights Commission said Monday that it had found that security agents were responsible for the unlawful killings of eight civilians in a September raid in Abuja, the Nigerian capital. The Department of State Security had said it killed the men in an attack on a sleeper cell of the Boko Haram terrorist network. It said its agents fired in self-defense after they were attacked. The commission said Monday that there was no evidence that those who were killed were terrorists or even armed. Human rights organizations contended that the security agents fired on unarmed artisans sleeping in a half-finished building. Nigeria’s National Human Rights Commission said Monday that it had found that security agents were responsible for the unlawful killings of eight civilians in a September raid in Abuja, the Nigerian capital. The Department of State Security had said it killed the men in an attack on a sleeper cell of the Boko Haram terrorist network. It said its agents fired in self-defense after they were attacked. The commission said Monday that there was no evidence that those who were killed were terrorists or even armed. Human rights organizations contended that the security agents had fired on unarmed artisans sleeping in a half-finished building.