The daughters of Malcolm X, an African-American rights activist and tribal justice activist, have called for a reopening of the investigation into his 1965 murder, in the light of new testimony involving both the New York and federal police. Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Asked about this by the French Agency, a representative of the Manhattan prosecutor said that a new “examination” of the case is already “in progress”.
According to the Athenian and Macedonian News Agency, during a press conference, a letter was presented by a former member of the New York police (NYPD), who is no longer alive, in which he accuses his service and the FBI of complicity in the murder.
According to his cousin, the black policeman, a secret, reveals in the letter that he had approached, by order of his hierarchy, persons in his environment Malcolm X and had trapped two of his bodyguards, who were arrested a few days before the murder.
On February 21, 1965, 55 years ago, El Hadj Malik El Sabaz — named after Malcolm Little after his pilgrimage to Mecca — did not have the two bodyguards with him at an event at the Audubon Ballroom in northern Manhattan. , where he fell dead from the bullets of three executors.
In general, the former police officer, who did not want his testimony to be revealed until after his death, notes that the NYPD and the FBI kept some aspects of the case in the dark.
In February 2020, following the release of a Netfix documentary (“Who Killed Malcolm X?”), Manhattan Attorney General Cyrus Vance ordered his subordinates to re-examine the case to determine whether start re-investigating or not.
Asked yesterday by the French Agency, the New York police assured that they have forwarded to the services of Prosecutor Vance “all the files related to the case” and that “it remains ready to contribute to this investigation in any way it can”.
When contacted by Agence France-Presse, the FBI office in New York declined to comment.
“Any fact that allows us to better understand the truth about this horrific tragedy must be thoroughly examined,” said Iliassa Sabaz, one of his daughters. Malcolm X, who was present at the press conference.
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