Nigerian security forces opened fire Tuesday night at anti-police brutality protesters hitting several people according to witnesses in a major escalation of the unrest that has gripped the country for two weeks.
A police officer who witnessed the episode and spoke on condition of anonimity said that eleven people had been killed.
The shooting came toward the end of a day of mounting violence in multiple cities, with the national police deploying riot squads in the country's capital city of Lagos.
"Lives and limbs have been lost as criminals and miscreants are now hiding under the umbrella of these protests to unleash mayhem on our state," the State Governor said in a statement.
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