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'They just acted like animals': anger after protesters shot by security forces in Nigeria
Demonstrators were braced for a confrontation but hail of bullets still left them – and the world – reelingIn the minutes before the shooting began, hundreds of mostly young protesters at a toll gate in Lagos, were sitting on the hot ground on a Tuesday evening, waving Nigerian flags, singing the national anthem and defying the government.Protesters had braced themselves, prepared for when security forces would surely arrive, said 21-year-old Shola Abdul, a kitchen assistant, to enforce a 24-hour curfew across the state that effectively banned mass protests against police brutality. Continue reading...
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