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Man publicly flogged

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    A man was flogged in public in the northern Nigerian state of Katsina on Wednesday for allegedly impregnating an 18-year-old girl out of wedlock. He was the first to receive such punishment in the state under strict Islamic, Sharia, law since it was adopted in August, AFP quoted local radio as reporting on Thursday.

    He was sentenced to 100 strokes of the cane and a one-year in prison. At least nine northern Nigerian states have declared Islamic law this year or their intention to adopt the code.

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