The Nigerian Soldiers have dumped Nine corpse in Mortuary after they have shot them dead making the death toll to raise to 24 at the time of this report as a huge rally was held in support of Palestinians on Israel’s invasion of Gaza. Meanwhile, Sheikh Zakzaky’s son who was taken away by the Soldiers together with his two martyred brothers is receiving treatment in ABU Teaching hospital, Zaria as his leg was fractured by soldier’s bullets. The Bodies of Sayyid Ahmad and Hameed are also kept in the hospital.
Mahmud Zakzaky and a few other demonstrators were martyred in the shooting yesterday evening in the ancient town of Zaria.
In a statement issued by Ibrahim Musa, editor of the movement’s weekly magazine Almizan, the Islamic group accused the military of killing several of its members with impunity. The statement also claimed that more than 40 other members sustained serious injuries.
“Reports reaching our news desk now indicated that some soldiers of the Nigerian army have opened fire on the tail end of the Quds procession held after Friday prayers in Zaria, Kaduna State. The procession, which took off from Sabon Gari Jumaat Mosque, reached Kofar Doka peacefully with no incident. However some soldiers attacked the procession [at the] PZ junction in Zaria.
“They shot Mahmud Ibraheem Zakzaky, but [his body] was taken away by the Muslim brothers. But several [other] Muslim brothers were shot by the security agents.
“There is no confirmation on the number of Muslim brothers shot or killed by the soldiers, but according to Shiite Islamic Movement 24 people were martyred. The Quds procession was held today peacefully in more than 10 Nigerian cities. Why the attack on the Zaria procession?
“[The] latest report on the attack by soldiers on Quds peaceful procession is that 24 Muslim brothers were gunned down by the soldiers, among them Mahmud Ibraheem Zakzaky, son of Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky, and a Muslim sister with her child on her back. There are over 40 Muslim brothers’ casualties with different degrees of gunshots by the soldiers. The story is still unfolding, with reinforcement of soldiers coming from Kaduna, according news sources.”
