The Shiite Islamic Movement in Nigeria is accusing the Nigerian Army of illegally burying the bodies of hundreds of victims who were killed in Zaria, Kaduna state, nigerianbulletin.com reports.
Reports that Wednesday's allegation comes as human rights advocates and the United States called for an investigation following the army's raid on Nigerian Shiites in which hundreds of people were reportedly killed and Shiite leader Ibraheem Zakzaky suffered four bullet wounds.
Shiite spokesman Ibrahim Musa said soldiers took the bodies from the mortuary of Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital and buried them in mass graves on Wednesday.
"The Nigerian army has desecrated our dead. We hereby demand the location of the mass burial, and the interrogation of those who ordered the operation."
In addition to Wednesday's alleged mass burial, Musa said soldiers on Monday carried away about 200 bodies from around the home of Zakzaky, and did not deposit them at the hospital mortuary.
Shiite spokesman Ibrahim Musa said soldiers took the bodies from the mortuary of Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital and buried them in mass graves on Wednesday.
"The Nigerian army has desecrated our dead. We hereby demand the location of the mass burial, and the interrogation of those who ordered the operation."
In addition to Wednesday's alleged mass burial, Musa said soldiers on Monday carried away about 200 bodies from around the home of Zakzaky, and did not deposit them at the hospital mortuary.
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