location: Maiduguri
notes: Suspected members of Nigerian Islamist sect, Boko Haram, have killed the brother of an influential west African spiritual leader based in the country's northeast. Abba-Anas Umar Garbai was shot by gunmen outside his home in the city of Maiduguri. Garbai is the younger brother of the Shehu of Borno, the most prominent traditional and Islamic spiritual leader in northeastern Nigeria, whose influence extends across the border into parts of neighbouring Cameroon, Chad and Niger Republic.
target_text: location: Maiduguri, fatalities: 1