Independent probe sought in mosque leader's death

Detroit, USA - Political and civil rights activists are renewing their call for an independent investigation into the fatal shooting of a mosque leader during an FBI raid.

About 200 people gathered Saturday for a town hall meeting at New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit to discuss the October death of Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah.

He was shot at least 21 times during a raid on a Dearborn warehouse by FBI agents who said they were investigating Abdullah and several other men in connection with a theft operation.

Abdullah's supporters say it was an act of police brutality aimed at a black Muslim.

One of Abdullah's sons says one of his father's legs was broken.

The Rev. Robert Smith of New Bethel likened Abdullah's killing to those committed by police during the civil rights movement and Detroit riots.