Ex-Presidential Aide, renoomokri Lied Buhari Regime Killed 6 El-Zakzaky's Sons, 3 Killed By Soldiers Under GEJonathan Government | Sahara Reporters
The report, compiled from interviews with victims, their families, witnesses, found that contrary to the then Jonathan government’s account of the killings, the protesters were peaceful and did not provoke the attacks.The
also said that it has unimpeachable evidence to prove that many of those arrested died in military custody, unable to withstand the brutality they were subjected to by the soldiers.The report titled: “Zaria Massacres and the Role of the Military” observed that on July 25, after Friday prayers, followers of Mr. El-Zakzaky embarked on the traditional Al-Quds procession done in support of the Palestinian Cause following the same route it has followed in the last 33 years.
, stewards and traffic volunteers approached the shooting soldiers screaming “Allahu Akbar" and"Ya Mahdi" , adding that they “placed themselves between the soldiers and the crowd and also to rescue those who were lying injured on the road.”The report also noted that the indiscriminate nature of the shooting meant that bystanders and non-sect members were also killed and injured.
that the soldiers shot randomly and indiscriminately at the crowd.According to the testimony of a farmer who was wounded in the attack, soldiers chased people into his farm and shot at them. He said he saw another soldier who took position in his sugarcane field, shooting those who ran to the field for cover.El-Zakzaky’s three biological sons, Mahmud, Ahmad, and Hamid were killed in the attack. A fourth son of the cleric, Ali, was shot in the leg. He survived.
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