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– Togo: Four people killed as security forces crack down on opposition protests (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News October 25, 2017

An 11 year-old boy was killed by security forces in Lomé on 18 October 2017. Three more people were also killed in Sokode, some 300 km north of Lomé, as security forces cracked down on opposition protests.
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