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Gloria Oladipo in New York

Malcolm X’s family to sue FBI, NYPD and other agencies over assassination

Attorney Ben Crump, joined by the daughters of Malcolm X, Ilyasah Shabazzv and Malaak Shabazz, speaks at the Malcolm X and Dr Betty Shabazz memorial center in New York on 21 February.
Attorney Ben Crump, joined by the daughters of Malcolm X, Ilyasah Shabazzv and Malaak Shabazz, speaks at the Malcolm X and Dr Betty Shabazz memorial center in New York on 21 February. Photograph: Timothy A Clary/AFP/Getty Images

The family of Malcolm X has filed notice that they plan to sue the FBI, New York police and other agencies over his death.

The civil rights leader was 39 when he was assassinated on 21 February 1965, at an auditorium in the Washington Heights neighbourhood.

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