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    BREAKING: Police teargas Shiite protesters in Abuja on Day 2

    Chronicle EditorBy Chronicle EditorApril 17, 2018No Comments3 Mins Read
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    FILE PHOTO: Shiite protesters pelting stones at a Nigerian Police armoured tank
    FILE PHOTO: Shiite protesters pelting stones at a Nigerian Police armoured tank
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    Shiite protesters pelting stones at a Nigeria Police armour tank

    Police fired teargas at Shiite Muslim protesters in Nigeria’s capital Abuja on Tuesday on the second day of clashes with demonstrators calling for their religious leader’s freedom.

    A day earlier, police had fired bullets to try and disperse the protesters. Organisers said at least one demonstrator was killed and several others injured on Monday.



    On Monday, Nigerian police fired bullets and tear gas to disperse Shiite Muslim protesters marching for their leader’s freedom in the capital on Monday.

    Organisers claimed that at least one demonstrator was killed and several were wounded by gunfire but the police has denied the death.

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    Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) leader Ibrahim Zakzaky has been jailed since December 2015, when security forces killed hundreds of members in a crackdown on a group estimated to have 3 million followers.

    FILE: Protesters claim they were protesting peacefully before police invasion

    The violent repression of the group and the detention of its leader have drawn accusations that President Muhammadu Buhari’s government is abusing human rights.

    The IMN, which has held regular peaceful protests in Abuja in recent months, says Zakzaky must be freed after a court ruled his detention without charge illegal.

    The crackdown has sparked fears that IMN could become radicalised, in much the same way the Sunni Muslim militant group Boko Haram turned into a violent insurgency in 2009 after police killed its leader.

    “As we started protesting they started shooting tear gas and using water cannons,” Abdullahi Muhammad, an IMN youth leader, told Reuters by phone.

    “We refused to disperse and they used bullets as well, and they shot so many people.”

    “They want to push us to violence but they couldn’t, so that is why they are using live ammunition, thinking that killing will stop us. No amount of killing will stop us,” he added.

    Muhammad said he witnessed police dragging bullet-hit protesters into a van and sitting on them, adding that, he did not know if they were dead or alive.

    At least eight other IMN members were hit by bullets and were now receiving treatment, Muhammad told Reuters. An IMN statement said at least one protester was killed.

    Police said in a statement the protesters had injured 22 officers, and they arrested 115 demonstrators.

    The IMN statement said about 230 members were arrested.

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