12 dead in Nigerian Muslim clashes

By AFP
March 30, 2025
An armored vehicle of Nigerian Security Forces drives by newly built homes, ahead of the community re-opening ceremony which was destroyed by Boko Haram armed militants in 2015, in Ngarannam, Borno State, Nigeria, October 21, 2022. —Reuters
An armored vehicle of Nigerian Security Forces drives by newly built homes, ahead of the community re-opening ceremony which was destroyed by Boko Haram armed militants in 2015, in Ngarannam, Borno State, Nigeria, October 21, 2022. —Reuters

ABUJA: Clashes between protesters and authorities at a march by a Shiagroup in Nigeria left a dozen people dead, according to a government intelligence report seen by AFP on Saturday. Eleven protesters and one soldier were killed, the report said, at a pro-Palestinian demonstration.

The IMN has been outlawed by Nigerian authorities for advocating an Islamic revolution in the west African nation. However at the time of its banning, in 2019, researchers characterised it as more interested in protest than political violence.

The march in Abuja and other cities in Nigeria was held in honour of Quds Day, which is marked in countries around the world with pro-Palestinian protests.