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UPDATE 2-Nigeria parliament on lockdown after clash with Shi'ite group

Published 09/07/2019, 17:42
UPDATE 2-Nigeria parliament on lockdown after clash with Shi'ite group

(Updates with statement from police, comments from protester)
ABUJA, July 9 (Reuters) - Nigeria's National Assembly was on
lockdown on Tuesday after shots were fired outside during
clashes between police and a group of Shi'ite Muslim protesters.
Both sides blamed the other for the shooting. In a
statement, police said two officers were shot and wounded in the
legs, and six other officers were injured by individuals using
clubs and stones.
But Abdullahi Muhammad Musa, a protester and member of the
Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), told Reuters that police
fired the shots, killing two protesters, after they peacefully
tried to enter the assembly building.
IMN, a group that represents Nigeria's minority Shi'ite
Muslims, has protested regularly outside the National Assembly,
calling for the release of their leader, Ibrahim Zakzaky, who
has been in detention since 2015. Nigerian security forces have killed some 400 members of the
group in response to largely peaceful protests since 2015,
according to human rights groups.
Police said they had arrested 40 protesters during Tuesday's
incident. The assembly remained on lockdown as of late
afternoon. In a statement, the police force said they had "used
minimum force to disperse the unruly protesters."
Witnesses said police used tear gas against the protesters,
and smoke could be seen coming from the area.

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