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Article: Malcolm X's daughter indicted in alleged plot to kill Louis Farrakhan.
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- Jet
- Article date:
- January 30, 1995
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A daughter of slain leader Malcolm X was recently indicted and charged with trying to hire a hit man to kill Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.
Qubilah Shabazz, 34, was with her father when he was murdered nearly 30 years ago.
She faces charges of using the telephone and crossing state lines in the course of trying to hire the hit man to kill Farrakhan, U.S. Attorney David Lillehaug said.
The nine-count indictment against her follows a sevenmonth FBI investigation. If convicted, she could be sentenced to 90 years in prison and fined $2.25 million.
Because Ms. Shabazz has been cooperating with authorities, prosecutors had no plans to insist ...