Nigeria police killed something like 12 grievers - Shia bunch

NIGERIAN 29 JANUARY 2022 (VOE WORLD) Nigerian police terminated on individuals from a restricted Shia bunch holding strict parades the nation over on Tuesday, killing in excess of 12 individuals, the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) said in an assertion.

The gathering opposed a police boycott to hold parades for Ashura, saw by Shia Muslims to grieve the killing of Prophet Muhammed's grandson Imam Hussein in the Battle of Karbala. Officials "mercilessly assaulted" grievers in a few urban communities, a representative for the gathering said on Wednesday.

"The Islamic Movement in Nigeria has affirmed the killing of no less than twelve Ashura grievers the country over during the tranquil Ashura grieving parade," Ibrahim Musa said in an assertion.

The police wouldn't remark on the cases when reached.

On Monday, the police cautioned that anyone who joined the parade would be treated as a psychological oppressor.

"In Katsina town, many have supported projectile injuries when the police started shooting ... and surprisingly endeavored to drive in on the Islamic focal point of the Islamic Movement," Musa said.

A few individuals were shot, meaning the loss of life could rise, he added.

Musa said police terminated nerve gas to separate parades in the capital Abuja and in the city of Bauchi.

Saleh Usman Deba, a representative for the IMN in Gombe state, said two individuals were killed while seven were injured.

"Subsequent to completing our parade, we went under assault by the police who terminated nerve gas and started shooting at our individuals," Deba said.

"Up until this point, two individuals have been killed and seven others harmed. A few group have been captured while the IMN base camp in Gombe has been fixed," he said.

Established by Muslim priest Ibrahim Zakzaky in the last part of the 1970s and roused by the Iranian Revolution, the IMN has been in constant conflict with the Nigerian experts for a really long time.

IMN originator Zakzaky and his significant other have been in confinement beginning around 2015 when a strict parade plummeted into gore after a showdown with the Nigerian armed force.

Warriors killed somewhere in the range of 350 IMN allies, with many gunned down and consumed alive as per freedoms gatherings.

Floods of conflicts with the public authority warriors have asserted many lives somewhat recently.