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Death toll rises after pro-Biafra protests
Posted at 15:25
AFP
At least 10 pro-Biafra supporters were killed during protests on Monday as they marked the anniversary of the 1967 declaration of their breakaway republic, according to Nigerian police, AFP news agency reports.
A police spokesman in Anambra state told AFP that five bodies had been recovered in Onitsha town, adding to the five already confirmed dead from the violence in Asaba (see earlier entry), which lies just across the other side of the River Niger.
Two police officers were also killed in Asaba.
Police say that protesters from the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) movement opened fire on them first, forcing them to retaliate.
IPOB denies this and says that least 35 members of the group were killed in Onitsha alone on Monday.
Our Facebook readers have rallied to the defence of Biafra protesters after Nigeria’s police chief accused them of carrying out “premeditated attacks” and vowed to disarm them (see our earlier posts).
Here is a sample of views, starting with those of Agbo Anayochukwu:
Biafrans are peaceful people, but Nigeria’s security agents have been infringing on our rights as indigenous people. They have killed Biafrans in cold blood. No matter the intimidation, Biafra must be achieved.”
Deadly Biafra protests
Posted at 10:18
BBC
At least seven people were killed on Monday in the eastern Nigerian city of Asaba during clashes between pro-Biafra secessionists and security forces, the Associated Press news agency reports.
Five civilians and two police officers were killed when violence broke out at
a demonstration calling for Biafran independence, according to police in Delta state.
More than a million people died in the civil war between 1967-1970, in which the army fought to prevent the east of the country breaking away to form the independent state of Biafra.
Members of the Movement for the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) told media that the death toll was higher than that given by police.
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), the other main secessionist group, also held demonstrations on Monday (30 May), the date of Biafra’ declaration of independence in 1967.
There is currently a resurgence of support for the campaign to create the breakaway state.