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THE ZARIA MASSACRE: 1,000 DEAD AND NO ACCOUNTABILITY

THE ZARIA MASSACRE: 1,000 DEAD AND NO ACCOUNTABILITY

In December 2015, the Nigerian Army descended on Zaria, Kaduna State, opening fire on members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), a Shia Muslim community, in what would become one of the deadliest incidents of state violence in Nigeria's recent history.¹ The army claimed it was resp