U.S “deeply concerned” over Zaria shi’ite killings, calls for investigations   

The U.S. on Wednesday joined urgent calls for an investigation into an alleged massacre carried out by Nigerian troops against Shiite Muslims in the country’s north.
The bloodshed began over the weekend when Nigeria’s military said Shiites attacked the Chief of Army staff’s convoy in Zaria in an apparent assassination attempt.
“The sect numbering hundreds carrying dangerous weapons, barricaded the roads with bonfires, heavy stones and tires,” the Army said in a statement. “They refused all entreaties to disperse and then started firing and pelting the convoy with dangerous objects.”