Sheikh El-Zakzaky Shocked By Clash Between Shiites And Nigerian Troops In Zaria

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Aggrieved and devastated father, Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, has spoken out on the loss of his three sons in Zaria on July 25, 2014, Friday, maintained that the Shiites had never armed themselves in their history, and Friday’s march in Zaria, Kaduna State, was not a exclusion.
Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky. Photo credit – Islamic Movement of Nigeria

Zakzaky, who is the leader of Nigeria’s Shiites, gave his comments in a brief interview by telephone to SaharaReporters on July 26, 2014, Saturday:

“We were armless during our procession, and they shot us after we ended our procession, the whole world knew our history, we have never armed ourselves. We are waiting for the lies that they will tell.”
Wounded Zakzaky’s son on a hospital bed. Photo credit – SaharaReporters

The Shiite leader emphasised that peaceful procession had been interrupted in such a way for the first time in almost 40 years. The march included aged people, children, and women, among others. None of them were acting in a dangerous way, but this did not prevent the soldiers from shooting live bullets.

Speaking about the fate of his children, Zakzaky narrated that his son, Mahmud, who came from a university in Beirut, was shot on his stomach. He passed away while being transported to hospital.

culled from NAIJ