Malikah Shabazz, a daughter of Malcolm X, dies at 56

Malikah Shabazz, one in every of six daughters of slain civil rights chief Malcolm X, was discovered useless in her house in New York City, police mentioned Tuesday. She was 56.
Shabazz was discovered Monday in her house in Brooklyn, a police spokesperson mentioned. Her demise gave the impression to be from pure causes, he mentioned.
Malikah and her twin sister, Malaak, have been the youngest daughters of Malcolm X, who was assassinated on February 21, 1965. Their mom, Betty Shabazz, was pregnant with the twins when their father was killed.
Shabazz and her daughter, Bettih Shabazz, have been arrested in Maryland in 2017 on animal cruelty expenses after authorities mentioned a number of injured canines have been discovered inside a stolen U-Haul truck they have been driving.
Malikah Shabazz’s demise comes days after two of the three males who had been convicted of killing Malcolm X have been exonerated.
A Manhattan decide dismissed the convictions of Muhammad Aziz and the late Khalil Islam after prosecutors and the boys’s legal professionals mentioned a renewed investigation discovered new proof that undermined the case in opposition to them.
Bernice King, a daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., mentioned on Twitter, “I’m deeply saddened by the death of #MalikahShabazz. My heart goes out to her family, the descendants of Dr. Betty Shabazz and Malcolm X.”