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Overhead circling the courtyard is a narrow walkway, where guards with deadly rifles can appear at the first sign of unrest.

As they rifled through books and handcuffed Mr. Jin, 56, a police dragnet fell across the country, rounding up other leaders in the church’s network.

The statements, which were read to the court, were the only pieces of evidence which specifically said that Soldier F had fired his rifle.

However, the only evidence which specifically said that Soldier F fired his rifle in Glenfada Park came in the form of statements from two other paratroopers, known as Soldiers G and H.

As women water vegetables and uproot weeds in a rural corner of north-eastern Nigeria, men in uniform stand guard nearby holding huge rifles.