Reports reaching us indicate that one of the four casualties recorded earlier when police opened fire on worshippers marking the MaulId in Zaria, Muhammad Salisu has died.

He was killed by police bullet that pierced the center of his heart when they indiscriminately shot into the crowd with an aim to kill.

Muhammad Salisu (marked in the middle) at the Maulud closing ground moments before he was shot dead by Nigerian Police

BELOW ARE PICTURES OF PEACEFUL MAULID PROCESSION IN ZARIA