source: Vanguard (Nigeria); Daily Independent (Nigeria)
actor1: Rioters (Nigeria)
actor2: Military Forces of Nigeria (2015-)
location: Zuba
notes: 27 October. According to some sources, Shiite followers of Zakzaky were on their way to Abuja to protest his detention, when they encountered a military checkpoint. Police refused to let the group through so they began throwing stones. The police open fire on the group, killing five. However, the military indicates that the Shiite group had constructed the road blockade and began throwing stones at a military convoy which was trying to pass. The military confirmed three Shiite deaths and two injured soldiers.