Amnesty: 1,500 people killed this year by extremists and military reprisals in Nigerian uprising
In Lagos, Nigeria increasing atrocities by extremists and uncontrolled reprisals by security forces have killed at least 1,500 people this year in northeastern Nigeria's Islamic uprising. Amnesty International reported accusing both sides of war crimes as well as crimes against humanity. The London-based advocacy group called for an international investigation. This resulted in the group's advocacy director for Africa stating that the community must get involved since there are crimes under the international law on a mass scale. There have been more than 1,500 deaths since the uprising began in 2011 through June of 2013. The extremists have also burned down the military quarters and destroyed a cellular telephone tower in Ngelzarma town, Yobe state, killing three police officers and two soldiers. The extremists have killed civilians and even gunned down students in schools and slit their throats and burned them alive in locked dormitories that they set on fire when the students were asleep. Giwa army barracks hold a detention center where people have been held captive, illegally, for months without being charged or allowed access to a lawyer or their families. The help of the United Nations has been called to investigate the situation in Nigeria.
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