Nigeria must probe army massacre of Shias: Rights groups

‘Human rights organizations have called for a full investigation into the deadly attacks by Nigerian forces against Shia Muslims in the northern city of Zaria late last year.

Amnesty senior research adviser Lucy Freeman described the Nigerian army’s human rights violations as “shocking,” saying soldiers “going above and beyond and outside of the rule of the law” was not unusual.

Human Rights Watch believes “at least 300” people were killed in the Nigerian forces’ attacks in December 2015, while Amnesty International puts the figure at “hundreds,” AFP reported.’

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