Amnesty International has accused the Nigerian Army of burning Shiites alive and hid their bodies in mass graves in December last year
The human rights campaign group released its latest report into the Zaria clash last year between Shiite supporters of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria and the Nigerian army between December 12 – 14 last year.
Hundreds were killed by Nigerian soldiers after the Shiite Muslims were accused of setting a trap to assassinate the head of the Nigerian army, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai.
“The true horror of what happened over those two days in Zaria is only now coming to light. Bodies were left littered in the streets and piled outside the mortuary. Some of the injured were burned alive,” said Netsanet Belay, Amnesty International’s Research and Advocacy Director for Africa.
“Our research, based on witness testimonies and analysis of satellite images, has located one possible mass grave.
“It is time now for the military to come clean and admit where it secretly buried hundreds of bodies.”
Here is an official release of the report.
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