Lagos, Nigeria Police On Monday thousands of protesters settled in Africa’s largest city, staged the largest demonstration in a two-week campaign against police brutality and extended a standoff with the government that has promised to restore order. Groups of placard-waving protesters blocked major roads leading to Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital …
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In the Chilean capital, protesters set fire to two churches, looted a store and clashed with police a week before a referendum on whether to erode a one-sentence constitution. In television images from Santiago on Sunday, masked protesters were shooting from their smartphones and excited as the spire of the …
Read More »A police sergeant shot dead at a London police station
(Reuters) – A British police officer was shot dead by a man being held at a police station in south London early Friday morning. Police said the incident happened around 2:15 a.m. when the man was taken into custody from the Croydon Custody Center, where the arrested suspects are being …
Read More »Police in riot gear storm a rally on Friday, removing hundreds of protesters by truck
LONDON (Reuters) – More than a thousand people gathered in central London on Saturday to protest a move aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus before police cracked down on the incident. The protests, which led to 32 arrests, came as Prime Minister Boris Johnson was considering imposing some …
Read More »Police in riot gear storm a rally on Friday, removing hundreds of protesters by truck
LONDON (Reuters) – More than a thousand people gathered in central London on Saturday to protest a move aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus before police cracked down on the incident. The protests, which led to 32 arrests, came as Prime Minister Boris Johnson was considering imposing some …
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