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Tuesday, June 6, 2023

Senegal protests: a man mourns his 'patriot' brother

 From Reuters

 

 
Sixteen people have died in Senegal's deadliest unrest for decades. Among them was Elhaji Cisse, who had spent his last hours tweeting advice and information to his followers and helping those caught up in clashes.
 
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One of the accusations made in this good piece of reporting is the use of excessive force used by Police leading to deaths of demonstrators. In this screen shot taken from the video a policeman is clearly seen firing tear gas shells in an illegal way: firing blindly over a wall with the weapon pointed at body height with the likelyhood of someone recieving a direct hit 
 


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