Vigilantes Armed With Machetes Fight Nigerian Islamists

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Bloomberg:

Armed with machetes and clubs, vigilantes in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri are setting up roadblocks and conducting house-to-house searches to aid the army’s fight against Islamist militants.

While the military welcomes the public’s support in the battle against the Boko Haram Islamist group, human rights activists say vigilantes’ activities may worsen violence and lead to abuses against innocent civilians.

Enlarge image Vigilantes Armed With Machetes Fight Nigerian Islamist Militants
Joint Military Task Force patrols the streets of Maiduguri, Borno State. Photographer: Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images

Enlarge image Vigilantes Armed With Machetes Fight Nigerian Islamist Militants
As many as 185 people were killed and more than 2,000 houses were burned down in Baga, near Lake Chad, after security forces responded to a militant attack on April 16, according to local officials and residents. Source: AFP via Getty Images

So far the vigilantes have seized more than 100 suspected insurgents in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital that has borne the brunt of Boko Haram’s violent campaign to impose Shariah law on Nigeria, according to Abubakar Malum, a leader in a group that calls itself the Civilian Joint Task Force.

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