Nigerian army posts Trump video to justify shooting Shiite Muslims
- Defence spokesman said military posted the video in response to criticism from Amnesty International that its security forces acted unlawfully
Nigeria’s army on Friday posted a video of US President Donald Trump saying soldiers would shoot migrants throwing stones to justify opening fire on a Shiite group earlier in the week.
“Please watch and make your deductions,” said the army in a post on its Twitter account.
In the video, Trump warns that soldiers deployed to the Mexican border could shoot Central American migrants who throw stones at them while trying to enter the country illegally.
“We’re not going to put up with that. They want to throw rocks at our military, our military fights back,” said Trump in remarks made on Thursday. “When they throw rocks like they did at the Mexican military and police, I say consider it a rifle.”
Nigeria’s defence spokesman John Agim said the army posted the video in response to criticism that its security forces had acted unlawfully.
The Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) said 49 of its members were killed after the army and police shot at crowds marching near and in the capital Abuja,
The army’s official death toll was six.
