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Thugs attack Imam Hussain mourners in Jos, Nigeria

Shia Muslims on their way trekking to Ashura gathering in Jos city of Nigeria during the Day of Ashura

 

Thugs attacked Shia Muslims on their way trekking to Ashura gathering in Jos city of Nigeria during the Day of Ashura. On that fateful day, the assailants used the cover of the night and burnt and demolished houses of some Shia brothers in Gangare town, raided their shops and carted away the goods.

The thugs, under the order of one of the Wahhabi cleric in Jos attacked the peaceful mourners using cutlasses, knives and iron rods, and injured about 30 at varying degrees including females.

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