12 feb 2013

Nigeria arrests journalists over Kano polio deaths.

Nigeria Polio Killings: Arrests For 3 Radio Journalists For Allegedly Inciting Murders Of Vaccine Workers.

KANO, Nigeria — Police in northern Nigeria arrested and charged two radio journalists and a local cleric alleged to have sparked the killings of at least nine women gunned down while trying to administer polio vaccines, officials said Tuesday. Police claimed their on-air comments about a vaccination campaign in the area inflamed the region and caused the attacks.