No fewer than six members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) have been reportedly killed with unspecified numbers were injured during the procession to mark this year’s Ashura Day in Zaria.

Confirming the death, the leader of the movement in Zaria, Mallam Abdulhamid Bello alleged that a combined team of security agents invaded their procession along Zaria city market and started shooting sporadically, leading to the death of their members with many injured.

He gave the names of those killed as Jafar Magaji Jushi, Kazeem Lawal Magume, Ali Lawal Samaru, Muhsin Badamasi Yakub Zakzaky, Umar Inuwa anguwar Fatika and one other person whose name he could not remember as at the time.

Bello further explained the number of casualties has not been completely recorded yet but added “a lot of them have been rushed to St Luke’s hospital in Wusasa while those in critical condition were taken to ABU teaching hospital, Shika, Zaria.”

Kaduna Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) DSP Mohammed Jalinge said he was aware of the incident but was yet to be fully briefed on what actually transpired. (Courtesy, excluding headline, The Nation)