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Hezbollah Slams Massacre of Shiite Muslims in Nigeria, Demands Probe

Thursday 17 December 2015
Hezbollah Slams Massacre of Shiite Muslims in Nigeria, Demands Probe
Alwaght- Lebanese Resistance Movement, Hezbollah has condemned the massacre of hundreds of Nigerian Shiite Muslims by the country's army.
In a statement on Thursday, Hezbollah further slammed the shooting and subsequent incarceration of Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky the leader of Nigeria's Islamic Movement saying the move raises questions about the motive of the troops which committed the crime and the apparent the regional and international support in perpetration of what amounts to genocide against the country's Shiite Muslims.
Hezbollah further urged Nigerian authorities to perform a transparent probe, punish all the culprits, release sheikh Zakzaky and the detainees deliver the martyrs' corpses to their families, and use wisdom in order to treat this bleeding wound.

Hezbollah finally offered the deepest condolences to the families of the martyrs, wishing a speedy recovery for the wounded and an immediate release for the arrested "if Holy God wills."
On Saturday, December 12, more than a dozen people were killed after clashes erupted between the Nigerian army and Shiite Muslims in the northern city of Zaria, Kaduna State. The military claimed the Shiite attempted to assassinate Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, the chief of the Nigerian army staff.
Nigerian soldiers opened fire on the people attending a religious ceremony at Hussainiyyah Baqeeyatullah, a religious center belonging to the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN).
On Sunday the army ferociously raided the resident of Shiite Muslims leader Sheikh Zakzaky and while inside the residence, the army massacred hundreds of people trying to protect the Islamic Movement leader.
On Monday, Nigerian troops arrested Sheikh Zakzaky and his wife and transferred the badly injured couple to a military detention center.
Human rights groups say as many as 1,000 people may have been killed.
Meanwhile credible data and testimonies indicates that the Nigerian army has buried bodies massacred Muslims in mass graves in an apparent  bid to cover up this unprecedented atrocity.

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