56-year-old Malikah Shabazz, one of Malcolm X’s 6 daughters, was found dead in her New York apartment.
This Monday, November 22, a sad news reached us. Malikah Shabazz, the youngest of Malcolm X’s 6 daughters, was indeed found dead in her New York apartment. According to ABC News, it was his daughter who would have found his lifeless body, and if the trail of natural death seems to be privileged, an autopsy will be performed in order to rule out all criminal leads. Following this news, Bernice King, her friend who was also the daughter of Martin Luther King, wanted to pay tribute to her on Twitter: “I am deeply saddened to learn of the death of Malikah Shabazz. My heart goes out to his family, descendants of Doctor Betty Shabazz and Malcolm X. Doctor Shabazz was pregnant with Malikah and her twin sister Malaak, when our brother Malcolm was murdered. Be at peace, Malikah ”.
I’m deeply saddened by the death of #MalikahShabazz. My heart goes out to her family, the descendants of Dr. Betty Shabazz and Malcolm X.
Dr. Shabazz was pregnant with Malikah and her twin sister, Malaak, when Brother Malcolm was assassinated.
Be at peace, Malikah. pic.twitter.com/YOlYoW4xDC
— Be A King (@BerniceKing) November 23, 2021
2 men convicted of participating in the assassination of Malcolm X cleared
This announcement of the death of Malikah Shabazz comes just days after it was learned that Muhammad Aziz and Khalil Islam, two men who had been convicted of participating in the assassination of Malcolm X on February 21, 1965, were cleared. After spending 42 years together behind bars, they finally saw the charges against them finally dropped by the New York Supreme Court. Only Aziz was present on Thursday, November 18 to hear this great news, since Islam, the former personal driver of the American activist, died in 2009. It did not take more for some to evoke again the trail of a murder committed by the FBI, a rumor that has always circulated …
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