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Iran Condemns Nigeria Army Attack On Shiites by d1ckr0man(m): 6:35pm On Dec 15, 2015 |
Iranian officials have condemned the Nigerian army's
crackdown on a Shi'ite religious sect that reportedly left
hundreds dead in the country's north.
Iran's parliament on Tuesday called on the Nigerian president
to launch an investigation into the deaths, while the foreign
ministry summoned the top Nigerian diplomat to protest the
killings.
Activists and sect leaders say up to 1,000 Shi'ite Muslims were
killed during weekend raids in the northern city of Zaria, in
Kaduna State. The Nigerian army confirms there were clashes
in Zaria but has not released a death toll.
The violence began Saturday after members of the Islamic
Movement of Nigeria (IMN) blocked a highway and according
to witnesses stoned the convoy of Nigerian army chief General
Tukur Buratai. An army spokesman called the stoning an
"attempt to assassinate" the general.
The Shi'ite group says there was no assassination attempt and
that the army had launched a pre-planned attack on the group.
It says troops launched attacks and killed people
"indiscriminately" at three locations, including the home of the
group's leader, Ibraheem Zakzaky. One of Zakzaky's wives was
reportedly killed along with a son.
Nigeria's Vanguard newspaper quotes an army official saying
that Zakzaky is in their custody.
The Islamic Movement of Nigeria seeks to establish an Islamic
state in northern Nigeria through an Iranian-style revolution.
The group is not connected to Boko Haram, the Islamist radical
sect blamed for more than 10,000 deaths in Nigeria during the
past six years. |
Re: Iran Condemns Nigeria Army Attack On Shiites by Mynd44: 6:36pm On Dec 15, 2015 |
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