'Adulterous' teenager sentenced to death by stoning

Two Nigerian women – one a teenager – have been sentenced to death by stoning after being convicted o adultery.

'Adulterous' teenager sentenced to death by stoning

Two Nigerian women – one a teenager – have been sentenced to death by stoning after being convicted o adultery.

The sentences, passed down in Nigeria’s Bauchi state, are the first of their kind in over a year in the mainly Muslim north, where 12 states have introduced controversial Islamic Shariah criminal codes since 1999.

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