Military Accused of Deadly Attacks on Shiite Members

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Military Accused of Deadly Attacks on Shiite Members

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The Amnesty International has pointed accusing fingers at the Nigerian military over alleged deliberate shooting of more than 350 Shiite Muslims, burying them in mass graves and destroying evidence of the crime. Amnesty further described as baseless claims by the Nigerian Army that the protesters from the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) group wanted to kill the head of the army before the clashes last December. According to the Army spokesperson, Brigadier General Rabe Abubakar, ”˜Amnesty’s report was unfair as the military had not been consulted before its publication. ”˜If they have proper evidence let them bring it out for all to see. We cannot confront law-abiding citizens,’ he told AFP. ”˜Whoever we confronted must have been a criminal and enemy of the state.’ 

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