In an interview with Press TV, Dr. Nusaiba Ibrahim Zakzaky, the daughter of Nigerian Shia cleric Sheikh Ibrah
im al-Zakzaky claims over 1000 people have been killed by the Nigerian military in the recent clashes with supporters of her father.
Press TV: Yes what started it?
Zakzaky: Yes, I really was not able to …, I only asked my brother. He said he was there when everything happened. He said he was there when it started. There was supposed to be some ceremony in Zaria of the army and that some people did say some slogans to them but that was it. He did not see anybody attack them or anything like that and they were there where the people were. It is not like they found these army people and did something to them. They were present near Hussainiyyah and that is where we do some programs there.
Press TV: And the military from what we understand surrounded the Hussainiyyah and started opening fire. Is that what you understood also?
Zakzaky: Yes, that is what I was told. They surrounded it and they blew up both gates and they later set it on fire after killing so many people.
Press TV: Do you have any idea how many people have been killed?
Zakzaky: I honestly don’t. Yesterday I was told that maybe 450.
Press TV: Four hundred and fifty people?
Zakzaky: Yes, 450. But today I was told that about 300 bodies are in the hospital and they believe that probably about one thousand people are dead now.
Press TV: One thousand people were killed?
Zakzaky: Yes, that is what they believe but I am not sure about the number.
