An official inquiry into clashes between members of a Shia minority group and the Nigerian military has stated the Nigerian Army's response to altercations in Zaria, Kaduna State, between December 12 and 14, 2015 was "disproportionate".
The report of the Kaduna State Judicial Commission of Inquiry, which was released on July 31, found that 349 members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) were killed during the clashes. This confirms earlier findings by Human Rights Watch that more than 300 IMN members were killed by soldiers in a heavy-handed, unjustifiable use of lethal force.
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