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Harlem Man Dies After Attack By Gang Of ATV Riders
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bojan Brecelj / Getty Road rage has sadly taken another life. A Harlem man has died due to injuries suffered during an attack by a gang of ATV riders. As per the Daily News a gentleman faced a menacing crew earlier this month when driving his grey Mercedes-Benz C 300 sedan down 125th Street area. One of the riders apparently hit his car, cracking his passenger side mirror. When he got out of the car to survey the damage things quickly got hostile with the other party. About 30 or so men began to pummel Arthur Cooke until he was left bloody on the street. The unidentified individuals left him for dead and left the scene of the crime. To add even more insult to injury a man not believed to be associated with the bike riders jumped in Cooke’s car and stole i...
ISWAP confirms Boko Haram leader’s death
TIME The Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) militant group said in an audio recording heard by Reuters on Sunday that Abubakar Shekau, leader of rival Nigerian militant Islamist group Boko Haram, was dead. Shekau died around May 18 after detonating an explosive device when he was pursued by ISWAP fighters following a battle, a person purporting to be ISWAP leader Abu Musab al-Barnawi said on the audio recording. “Abubakar Shekau, God has judged him by sending him to heaven,” he can be heard saying. Two people familiar with al-Barnawi told Reuters the voice on the recording was that of the ISWAP leader. A Nigerian intelligence report shared by a government official and Boko Haram researchers have also said Shekau is dead. Last month, Nigeria’s military said it was investigating She...
Senator Musa: Two killed, 30 abducted, 5,000 homeless in Niger East
Chairman, Senate Services Committee, Senator Mohammed Sani Musa, All Progressives Congress, APC, Niger East has raised the alarm that the insecurity situation in his Senatorial District is worsening every day, saying that it has been one week of sleeplessness and horror. Senator Musa has reiterated his call on President Muhammadu Buhari to put the security operatives on their toes to ensure they live up to their responsibilities of protecting the lives of the citizens, adding that if security agencies in the country cannot guarantee the protection of lives and property of the citizens, then Nigeria may be on the precipice of anarchy. According to him, the horrible event in the last one week in Niger State and particularly in Niger East Senatorial District has raised tension and uncertainti...
