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.
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.
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