Nigeria Shiites Say Police Fired on Processions, Killed Five

The Islamic Movement of Nigeria, a Shiite group, said police opened fire on members on religious processions across the country, leaving at least five people dead and many other injured, an official said.

Three people were killed when police shot at members marching in the northern state of Kaduna, Ibrahim Musa, a spokesman for the Shiite group, said by phone from the city of Kaduna, the state capital. Two people were also killed in Bauchi and Gombe states, he said.