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BREAKING: There Was No Record Of Police Shooting Of Protesters, Says Inspector-General Egbetokun

5 months ago759 min

The Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, has denied the police excessive use of force on the protesters and shooting of live ammunition at the protesters during the ongoing nationwide hunger and hardship protest. The IGP’s denial came on Tuesday while fielding questions at the joint security press briefing in Abuja, despite video and photos evidences making the rounds on social media of policemen shooting live ammunition at the peaceful #EndBadGovernance protesters. ...

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Accident, not shooting, caused Katsina NSCDC officer’s injury

5 months ago995 min

The Police Command in Katsina State said there was no loss of life recorded in the state during the nationwide hunger protests. The command’s spokesman, ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, made this known in a statement issued in Katsina on Saturday. “The command wishes to address a misleading viral video circulating on social media platforms of a security agent lying motionless on the ground alleged to have been shot dead by a police officer while trying to...

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Five killed in Croatia nursing home shooting

5 months ago5083 min

A gunman opened fire in a nursing home in Croatia on Monday, killing at least five people, state media reported, in a rare instance of gun violence in the Balkan country. State broadcaster HRT said an unidentified gunman entered a nursing home in Daruvar -some 130 kilometres (80 miles) east of Zagreb – and opened fire. At least five were killed and several others wounded during the shooting, HRT said. The outlet said the alleged...