US EditionClash between Nigerian security forces and members of pro-Palestinian group kill 6
- On Friday, soldiers and members of the Shiite Islamic Movement of Nigeria clashed in Abuja during a procession marking International Quds Day, resulting in six deaths.
- The annual International Quds Day demonstration, held on the last Friday of Ramadan, expresses solidarity with Palestinians in their conflict with Israel, a cause often supported by the Islamic Movement of Nigeria.
- According to police, the IMN members were armed with firearms and other weapons, and the confrontation began when they engaged troops, leading to the injury of three security operatives and the death of one; nineteen people were arrested.
- Police spokesperson Josephine Adeh stated, "IMN members were armed with firearms and other weapons," and that "police and security personnel encountered intense gunfire from the attackers, resulting in serious injuries to three security operatives," one of whom died at the National Hospital.
- The IMN, which seeks to establish an Islamic state in Nigeria and was banned by the government in 2019 following deadly protests and allegations of extremist ties, maintains that its members were marching peacefully and without provocation, prompting calls for an independent investigation into the incident, and Amnesty International has accused the Nigerian military of using tactics designed to kill.
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