Nineteen killed, 21 injured in Madagascar police shooting
Madagascar police killed 19 people and injured 21 when they opened fire on a crowd attempting to storm a police station to seek revenge against suspected criminals.
In a statement on Tuesday, the police said the shooting occurred in the town of Ikongo, about 330 km (205 miles) southeast of the capital Antananarivo on Monday.
The law enforcement body said security forces were sent to restore order in the area.
According to the police, trouble started when a crowd attempted to break into the police station to get hold of four people detained on suspicion of kidnapping an albino child and murdering his mother. The child has not been found.
In some African countries, albino children are sometimes abducted by people who believe they can be used for ritual purposes. In this case, there was no information about the motive of the alleged abduction.
The police statement said the situation in Ikongo was now calm, and the security forces had offered the families of the people killed in the shooting financial compensation.
(Reuters/NAN)
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