Soldiers open fire on Nigerian anti-police brutality protesters in Lagos, witnesses say

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DEVELOPING: Soldiers opened fire on Nigerians protesting against police brutality in Lagos on Tuesday, shooting at least two people, three witnesses tell Reuters.

in the Lekki district of the commercial capital Lagos on Tuesday, shooting at least two people, three witnesses told Reuters.Nigerians have demonstrated nationwide every day for nearly two weeks against a police unit, the Special Anti-Robbery Squad The toll gate in the upmarket Lekki district has been the site of daily protests in Lagos, Africa's biggest city.

Lagos state government said it would open an investigation into the shooting, which witnesses said took place around 7 p.m. . Ten videos seen by Reuters, which were livestreamed on Instagram or posted on Twitter, showed scenes of people running in near darkness and the sound of what appeared to be gunfire. Reuters was not immediately able to independently verify the footage.A doctor at the private Reddington Hospital in the Victoria Island area of Lagos said people were being treated for gunshot wounds. The doctor, who did not want to be identified, did not specify the number of people being treated.

 

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