Battle Between Security Forces, Shiites Escalates in Nigeria

Army and police officers shot at members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria who were demanding the release of their leader Ibrahim Zakzaky, who has been been jailed since December 2015 when hundreds of group members died in a security crackdown. His followers fear that their leader may die due to his failing health.

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