Sixty suspected people belonging to a pro-Biafran group were placed in custody on Monday when they appeared in court after clashes with security services in southeastern Nigeria.

The defendants, all members of the Biafra Indigenous Movement (IPOB), are charged with a number of crimes, including attempted murder and terrorism
Abia State Police spokesman Geoffrey Ogbonna said that the case before the Umuahia magistrates in the state capital, was suspended until 25 October.

The case is the second involving suspected members of the IPOB after the clashes earlier this month that were provoked by an accumulation of troops in the southeast.

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