By Muhammed Abubakar, Reporting
NO fewer than six members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), were killed and several others injured during a procession to mark 2022 Ashura Day in Zaria, Kaduna State.
The leader of the Movement in Zaria, Mallam Abdulhamid Bello, on Monday, alleged that a combined team of security operatives opened fire on the procession, killing six of their members.
He gave the names of those killed as Jafar Magaji Jushi, Kazeem Lawal Magume, Ali Lawal Samaru, Muhsin Badamasi Yakub Zakzaky, Umar Inuwa Anguwar Fatika and one other person whose name he could not ascertain.
According to him, the number of those injured are yet to be recorded adding that “a lot of them have been rushed to St Luke’s Hospital in Wusasa while those in critical condition were taken to ABU Teaching Hospital Shika, Zaria.
Kaduna State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Mohammed Jalige, confirmed the incident but was quick to add that the police were yet to be fully briefed on what actually transpired.
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