Update: Police in Mexico have detained two men who are suspected of involvement in Shabazz's murder.
Updated Monday, May 13, 7:23 p.m. EDT: Police in Mexico have detained two men suspected of involvement in the death of Malcolm Shabazz, the BBC reports. The suspects work at the bar where Shabazz was beaten on May 9. Police say they are still searching for three more suspects.
Earlier:
More details have emerged from the shocking death of Malcolm Shabazz, the 28-year-old grandson of Malcolm X. Initial, unconfirmed reports from the Amsterdam News said Shabazz died from being thrown off a building or shot while being robbed. But the New York Post via the Associated Press is reporting Shabazz's death was the result of a bar fight.
Labor activist Miguel Suarez said he was with Shabazz when his friend was beaten up during a dispute over a bill at a Mexico City bar.
Suarez, who was recently deported from the United States to Mexico, told the AP that they and several other people had gone to a bar near the downtown plaza that is home to Mexico City's mariachis.
He said Friday the owner demanded they pay a $1,200 bill and a fight ensued. Suarez says he later found Shabazz injured outside the bar and took him to a hospital where he died on Thursday.
Read more at the New York Post.
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