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Tuesday 14 May 2013 - 11:43

2 nabbed over Malcolm X grandson killing

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2 nabbed over Malcolm X grandson killing
Prosecutor Rodolfo Fernando Rios Garza said on Monday that the suspects, David Hernandez Cruz and Manuel Alejandro Pérez de Jesus, worked at the bar where Malcolm Shabazz reportedly got in a violent dispute.
 
Police said they are still searching for three more suspects.
 
The Shabazz family said on Friday that "To all who knew him, he offered kindness, encouragement and hope for a better tomorrow."
 
"Although his bright light and boundless potential are gone from this life, we are grateful that he now rests in peace in the arms of his grandparents and the safety of God."
 
Malcolm Shabazz was beaten on 9 May 2013 in Plaza Garibaldi and taken to a Mexico City hospital, where he died of his injuries a day later.
 
Before his demise, Shabazz was in the process of writing two books and attended John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York.
 
He had planned to visit Iran in 2013 to attend the Hollywoodism conference when he was arrested by FBI agents, sources outside the United States confirmed on February 4.
 
Born in 1984, Shabazz was the son of Qubilah Shabazz, who was the second daughter of Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz.
 
Malcolm X, Malcolm Shabazz’s grandfather and a black power activist, was shot dead at a political rally in New York on 21 February 1965.
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