Military, Shiite Muslims Clash in Nigeria

Military, Shiite Muslims Clash in Nigeria

A bloody clash between Nigeria’s army and Shiite Muslims is raising fears of a new insurgency. Tensions and security concerns have been raised in Nigeria following a clash between the country’s military and Islamic Movement of Nigeria, a Shiite group. Hostilities were apparently triggered by an incident involving the army chief in Zaria, a university town in the country’s north.
According to the official accounts of the military, members of the Shiite group blocked the route of the army chief’s motorcade thus prompting a

confrontation. The army claims that the group attacked with ‘crude weapons’ and fearing that the life of the army chief may have been in danger, lethal force was used to clear a route of escape for the army chief. But that was not the height of the violence as the military claims that in a bid to maintain peace, soldiers went to known Shiite bases in the city where it claimed the members of group were ‘mobilizing and attacking security forces’. The army reported the incident as an attempt to assassinate the army chief.

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Military, Shiite Muslims Clash in Nigeria
A bloody clash between Nigeria’s army and Shiite Muslims is raising fears of a new insurgency. Tensions and security concerns have been raised in Nigeria following a clash between the country’s military and Islamic Movement of Nigeria, a Shiite group. Hostilities were apparently triggered by an incident involving the army chief in Zaria, a university town in the country’s north.
According to the official accounts of the military, members of the Shiite group blocked the route of the army chief’s motorcade thus prompting a confrontation. The army claims that the group attacked with ‘crude weapons’ and fearing that the life of the army chief may have been in danger, lethal force was used to clear a route of escape for the army chief. But that was not the height of the violence as the military claims that in a bid to maintain peace, soldiers went to known Shiite bases in the city where it claimed the members of group were ‘mobilizing and attacking security forces’. The army reported the incident as an attempt to assassinate the army chief.

Shi’a Muslim sect clash with soldiers in Zaria, Army chief survives ‘assassination’ attempt. Seven people. were killed on Saturday 12th of December 2015, during a firefight between the Nigerian Army and members of the Shi’a Muslim sect, in Zaria, Kaduna.
The official Twitter account of the Nigerian Army says members of Ibrahim El-Zakzaky’s Shi’a Muslim group attempted to assassinate the Chief of Army Staff, Major General Tukur Buratai.