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Nigeria: demonstration dispersed by gunfire in Lagos

2020-10-20T19:16:13.722Z


More than 1000 demonstrators, gathered peacefully on a toll of Lagos were dispersed Tuesday, October 20 by " numerous " shootings, according to witnesses, while a curfew was declared in urgency to calm the popular movement which does not cease gain momentum in Nigeria. Read also: Nigeria: the protest still rumbles, Lagos paralyzed by the demonstrators Several people contacted on the spot by AFP


More than 1000 demonstrators, gathered peacefully on a toll of Lagos were dispersed Tuesday, October 20 by "

numerous

" shootings, according to witnesses, while a curfew was declared in urgency to calm the popular movement which does not cease gain momentum in Nigeria.

Read also: Nigeria: the protest still rumbles, Lagos paralyzed by the demonstrators

Several people contacted on the spot by AFP heard many gunshots and "

ran for their lives

". Many people appeared injured on live videos broadcast on social networks, hours after the implementation of a total curfew "

until further notice

" in the megalopolis of 20 million people.

Source: lefigaro

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