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Nigeria sentences 12 soldiers to death for mutiny in northeast


    ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian military authorities have sentenced 12 soldiers to death for mutiny in the northeastern region where a Boko Haram Islamist insurgency is raging, they said on Tuesday.

    The soldiers also attempted to kill their commanding officer during the mutiny in May, the military's statement said.

    (Reporting by Felix Onuah; Writing by Tim Cocks; Editing by Hugh Lawson)