DETROIT (USA), Oct 30: The family of a mosque leader has filed a lawsuit against FBI agents, saying his rights were violated when he was gunned down during a raid.

Luqman Abdullah was killed when agents tried to arrest him at a Michigan warehouse in 2009. He and his allies were accused of dealing stolen goods in an FBI sting operation. A lawsuit filed on Friday in federal court accuses the FBI of using excessive force in Abdullah’s death. He was shot 20 times. The FBI has defended what happened, saying Abdullah was armed and resisted arrest.The Michigan attorney general said the shooting was justified. The US Justice Department’s civil rights division found no wrongdoing.

The FBI declined to comment on the lawsuit on Tuesday.—AP