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Nigeria arrests 400 Shia Muslims after deadly clashes

AKIPRESS.COM - Nigerian police have arrested 400 members of a Shia Muslim sect after days of deadly protests in the capital, BBC reports.

The pro-Iran Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) protesters demanded the release of their leader Ibraheem Zakzaky, in custody for 34 months.

The army admits that three people were killed in clashes in Abuja on Monday, but the IMN says that dozens died.

In 2016, a judicial inquiry found that the army had killed more than 300 Shia Muslims during clashes in the north.

No soldiers have been arrested, despite the judicial inquiry advising prosecutions.

The security forces also accuse the Shia protesters, who took to the streets of the capital for three days, of having 31 petrol bombs as well as other dangerous weapons.

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