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Two dead, 27 injured as Chadians protest against military rule
“The police came, they fired teargas. But we are not scared,” a Chad protester, Timothy Betouge, 70, told Reuters.
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Pro-democracy demonstrators Tuesday took to the streets of Chadian capital N’Djamena and its second-largest city, Moundou, demanding a return to civilian rule after the military took control following President Idriss Déby’s death on the battlefield last week.
According to Reuters, at least two people have been killed and 27 injured as police fired tear gas and protesters burned tyres in several neighbourhoods of N’Djamena.
Reuters said a health official at a hospital in N’Djamena said 28 people had been brought to its emergency ward with injuries, one of whom had died and witnesses also reported the death of another protester in Moundou.
By Syndicated Content
By Edward McAllister and Mahamat Ramadane
NâDjamena (Reuters) â Chadâs capitol NâDjamena was rocked by violent protests on Tuesday morning as demonstrators took to the streets demanding a return to civilian rule after the military took control following President Idriss Debyâs battlefield death last week.
Tuesdayâs unrest underscores the tense atmosphere in Chad following Debyâs death, where the military transition is already struggling to win over a population exhausted by 30 years of monolithic rule.
The military council seized power after Deby was killed as he visited troops fighting rebels on April 19.
Some opposition politicians have called the military takeover a coup and asked supporters to protest, even as the army appointed a civilian politician, Albert Pahimi Padacke, as prime minister of a transitional government on Monday. [L8N2MJ344]