ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigerian police and Shi’ite Muslim protesters clashed in the capital Abuja on Monday, with at least one demonstrator, one journalist and a senior policeman killed, highlighting one of the security challenges faced by the country with Africa’s biggest economy. A police officer walks past a photographer after the Shi’ite group set an ambulance and a fire engine on fire at the Federal Secretariat in Abuja, Nigeria July 22, 2019. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde A youth leader who was among the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) protesters said he saw six dead bodies, while a Reuters correspondent in Abuja spotted one corpse, vehicles ablaze and bloodstains along a main street following bursts of gunfire. Police said a senior officer was killed and three other policemen were injured during the protest, and police had arrested 54 suspects who would be brought to court. A reporter died after being shot during the rally, international organization the Committee to Protect Journalists Africa tweeted. The local television station, Channels TV, confirmed the tweet. A spokesman for Islamic Movement in Nigeria said 11 people were killed and at least 30 others injured. He said the police attacked a peaceful march in the capital Abuja, where… Read full this story
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