Nigeria - TV journalist shot dead in northern city, Islamist group claims responsibility

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders calls on the authorities to conduct a thorough and impartial investigation into the fatal shooting of Zakariya Isa, a reporter and cameraman for the state-owned Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), in Maiduguri, the capital of the northeastern state of Borno, on 22 October. His murder has been claimed by Boko Haram, an armed Islamist movement operating in northern Nigeria. Isa was shot several times in the head and chest outside his home at around 7:30 p.m. after (...)

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