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mfcorey1

(11,001 posts)
Thu May 9, 2013, 07:46 PM May 2013

Malcolm X's grandson killed in Mexico.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2013/05/09/malcolm-x-s-grandson-killed.html

ate has not been kind to the family of Malcolm X. A friend of the Shabazz family, Terrie M. Williams, tweeted confirmation on Thursday that Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of civil rights fighter Malcolm X, has died in Tijuana, Mexico. Reports surrounding the circumstances of his death are unconfirmed, but it is thought that he died from his wounds early Thursday morning after being either thrown off a building or shot in a robbery.
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Malcolm X's grandson killed in Mexico. (Original Post) mfcorey1 May 2013 OP
I wonder if this is the grandson that set the fire virgogal May 2013 #1
yes Marrah_G May 2013 #2

Marrah_G

(28,581 posts)
2. yes
Thu May 9, 2013, 07:56 PM
May 2013

"Shabazz is survived by his three year old daughter, Ilyasah, his mother, Qubilah, and his closest aunt, Ilyasah, among others. Malcolm Shabazz plead guilty to manslaughter and arson and was sentenced to 18 months in Juvenile detention after starting a fire at his New York home that killed his grandmother, Betty Shabazz. His stay was extended and he was released four years later. Years later, he told the Amsterdam News that he had not set the fire."

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