Police attack Arba'een march in Nigeria
Danjuma Abdollahi
Press TV, Abuja
Nigerian police attacked the symbolic annual Arba'een march in Abuja on Friday.
Police used teargas and live rounds to disperse the followers of Sheikh Zakzaky as soon as the march started.
Despite the crackdown, people participated in the mourning procession, but many were arrested.
Supporters of Sheikh Zakzaky condemned the attack on their religious procession, saying they only wanted to remember the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, his household and companion in Karbala at the hands of the tyrant of the time some 1,400 years ago.
Arbaeen marks the 40th day after the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein in Karbala.
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