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About 9 killed and scores injured in the crises that occurred between the Shiites, Security Operatives and Irate mobs/youth.
Deadly and violent confrontations occurred between security operatives and members of the IMN group, otherwise known as Shiites in about five northern states. In each of the states, the crises took a different turn. In Funtua, Katsina state, deadly confrontation between security operatives and Shiites led to the death of no fewer than nine persons, as the group prepared for their yearly memorial Ashura procession. In Kaduna, Kano and Jos, attacks on the Shiites were undertaken by irate mob/youths following proscription of the groups and their activities weeks earlier. The attacks also spread to Sokoto and Jigawa states where a Shiite member was killed on his way to the procession by irate youths.
About 9 killed and scores injured in the crises that occurred between the Shiites, Security Operatives and Irate mobs/youth.
Katsina State, Nigeria
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