
PRESS RELEASE UPDATE – Nigeria: Death toll mounts after army attacks peaceful marchers
Final death toll could reach 100
Final death toll could reach 100
The Nigerian state has launched a bloody crackdown on the IMN. Warning: Graphic images attached
Nigerian armed forces opened fire with live ammunition at a peaceful procession making its way to an annual commemoration of Ashura in the northern city of Kano (Warning: graphic images included)
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Suspected plans include attacking processions, burning homes and business premises of the participants while they are away, and hiring thugs to assault mourners
The government is using terrorism law as a means to hound and harass religious leaders critical of the authorities
Over a dozen people were killed by police and army gunfire during the processions last Wednesday
THIRD PRESS RELEASE: 200 plus arrested in Kano
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