Nigerian Shiite Group Says Police Fired on Abuja Protesters

Group leader El-Zakzaky has been in detention since 2015
Group is conducting marches in lead up to religious festival

A protest against the imprisonnement of a Shiite, in Abuja, on Oct. 29.Photographer: Sodiq Adelakun/AFP via Getty Images

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By Elisha Bala-Gbogbo and Yinka Ibukun

October 29, 2018 at 4:25 PM UTC

Updated on

October 30, 2018 at 2:09 PM UTC

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A Nigerian Shiite group said the police opened fire on a procession of its members in the capital, Abuja, a day after at least three of them were killed by soldiers during a similar march.

The police shot live rounds and tear gas at members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria who were protesting for the fourth consecutive day the detention of their leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, IMN spokesman Ibrahim Musa said Tuesday by phone.