{{Police in northern Nigeria say they’ve arrested three radio journalists over the killings of at least nine female polio vaccinators, saying their on-air discussion about rumors around the vaccine sparked the attack.}}<\/p>\n
Kano state police commissioner Ibrahim Idris said Tuesday that the journalists, who work for Wazobia FM, will be charged with culpable homicide over the killings Friday. <\/p>\n
Officials with the radio station could not be immediately reached for comment.<\/p>\n
The radio station aired a program last week, describing how one of its journalists was manhandled by government officials as he recorded a man refusing to allow his children to be vaccinated. <\/p>\n
The radio program later discussed longtime rumors in Nigeria’s predominantly Muslim north that the vaccine sterilizes young girls.<\/p>\n
Nigeria is one of three countries where polio remains endemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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