police in Madagascar opened fire At least 14 were killed and 28 injured in Angry mob of kidnapping of Baby with albinism.
launch took place on Monday morning in southeast town of Ikongo, about 90 kilometers (56 miles) southeast of The capital is Antananarivo.
“The gendarmes… they shot on The crowd ‘Jean Brunel Razavintsiandraova, deputy in City of Ikongo told Agence France-Presse (AFP).
Dr Tango Oscar Toki, Chief Physician of “Nine people Die on slick” and five others died later in hospital.
nine of These were injured in critical He said.
Razafintsiandraofa said an angry crowd gathered outside The local police station asked the officers to release the four suspects who had been arrested on Sunday, so they can beat the mob justice.
Armed about 500 protesters with blades and scythes” force they way“At the station, a police officer is involved in The shooting told AFP, speaking on condition of Anonymity.
“There were negotiations, (but) the villagers insisted,” said the officer. over Phone adding police first Smoke grenades and gunshots fired in The air in Try to disperse the crowd.
“Keep on force they way Through… we had no choice but to defend ourselves.”
kidnapping took place last A week, according to Razafintsiandraofa, a member of parliament for Ikongo district. No further details were immediately disclosed available.
revenge attacks
revenge attacks common in Madagascar.
In February 2017, mob of 800 people They stormed Ekongo prison in Search of a murder Suspected that they intend to kill.
They overcame the guards and broke 120 prisoners out of jail.
In 2013, a Frenchman, an Italian, a French and a local accused of killing Baby on Tourist Island of My curiosity was burned by an angry mob.
Some sub-Saharan Africa countries He suffered from a wave of assaults against people with albinism who body Parts are searched for magic practices in Misconception that they bring luck and wealth.
albinism, caused lack of Melanin, the pigment that colors skin and hair and eyesIt is a genetic condition that affects hundreds of people of in thousands of people around the world, in particular in Africa.
Under The Same Sun, a Canada-based charity that works for combat Discrimination, trees were cut down of violence across Africa.
Burundi, a democratic republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania as countries Where such attacks spread.
Madagascar, a large island country in the Indian Ocean, ranks among the poorest in The world.
