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Malcolm X grandson Malcolm Shabazz dies in Mexico City | Malcolm X grandson Malcolm Shabazz dies in Mexico City |
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The grandson of US political activist Malcolm X has died in Mexico City following a fight in a bar, say Mexican officials. | The grandson of US political activist Malcolm X has died in Mexico City following a fight in a bar, say Mexican officials. |
Malcolm Shabazz, 29, succumbed in hospital to multiple injuries he suffered on Thursday. | |
Mexico's attorney general's office said an investigation into the incident was under way. | Mexico's attorney general's office said an investigation into the incident was under way. |
The US state department said that it was in contact with the family and offering appropriate assistance. | |
Shabazz was discovered with fatal wounds at Plaza Garibaldi, a popular tourist area packed with bars and restaurants, in the early hours of Thursday, officials said. | |
Miguel Suarez, a union activist who was travelling with Shabazz, said they had been in the country as part of their efforts to advocate more rights for Mexican construction workers in the US. | |
'Blunt-force injuries' | |
Mr Suarez said he and Shabazz were invited to a bar on Wednesday night by a woman. | |
The bar owner later demanded they pay $1,200 (£780) for drinks and female companionship, according to Mr Suarez. | |
He said that he escaped as a fight broke out, before returning to find Shabazz seriously injured on the ground outside the bar. | |
Mr Suarez said he took Shabazz to a hospital where he died of "blunt-force injuries". | |
Shabazz was the son of one of Malcolm X's six daughters, Qubilah Shabazz. | |
When he was 12, he was involved in a fire that killed his grandmother Betty Shabazz, the widow of Malcolm X. | When he was 12, he was involved in a fire that killed his grandmother Betty Shabazz, the widow of Malcolm X. |
He was convicted of manslaughter and arson and sentenced to time in a juvenile detention centre. | He was convicted of manslaughter and arson and sentenced to time in a juvenile detention centre. |
Malcolm X, a black power activist and prominent figure in the militant Nation of Islam movement, was shot dead at a political rally in New York on 21 February 1965. | Malcolm X, a black power activist and prominent figure in the militant Nation of Islam movement, was shot dead at a political rally in New York on 21 February 1965. |