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Mohammed Yusuf (29 January 1970 – 30 July 2009), also known as Ustaz Mohammed Yusuf, was a Nigerian militant who founded the Islamist militant group Boko Haram in 2002. He was its leader until he was killed during the 2009 Boko Haram uprising .
Boko Haram was founded by Mohammed Yusuf who led the group from 2002 until his death in 2009. After his death, his deputy, Abubakar Shekau took control of the group and led it until his suicide at the culmination of the Battle of Sambisa Forest in 2021.
Abubakar Mohammed Shekau (23 March 1973 – 19 May 2021) was a Nigerian militant who was the leader of Boko Haram, an Islamist extremist organization based in northeastern Nigeria, from 2009 to 2021. [1] [2] He served as deputy leader to the group's founder, Mohammed Yusuf, until Yusuf's execution in 2009.
On 28 July, Army soldiers reportedly launched an offensive on the compound of sect leader Mohammed Yusuf and a nearby mosque used by his followers in the Borno state capital of Maiduguri. Troops shelled Mohammed Yusuf's home in the city after Yusuf's followers barricaded themselves inside. [13] [14] Shots rained across the city. [13]
5 June – A woman was stabbed to death by two men after allegedly insulting Muhammad in Kano. [144] 6 June – Ten fisherman are killed by Boko Haram in Darak, Cameroon. [142] 12 June – Four women were killed by 14 assailants after being dragged outside of their homes in Mairari, Nigeria. [145]
Marilyn Monroe is iconic for her blonde curls, red lips, and perfect beauty mark, but the star was shockingly unrecognizable at the time of her death. According to the two morticians, who prepared ...
Dilip Kumar (born Muhammad Yusuf Khan; 11 December 1922 – 7 July 2021) was an Indian actor, writer, ghost director and film producer, who worked in Hindi cinema.Credited with pioneering method acting in cinema, [3] he dominated Hindi cinema from the 1950s throughout the 1960s, being referred to as "Abhinay Samrat" (Hindi for "Emperor of Acting").
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two of his top lieutenants, Walid bin Attash and Mustafa al-Hawsawi, agreed to plead guilty to the murder of 2,976 people and other charges in exchange for taking the ...