320:, partially burning it down, and much of N'Djamena was barricaded to confine the protests. Security forces in the Chagoua and Moursal neighborhoods of N'Djamena shot at young protesters in favor of the opposition. Protesters created their own barricades as well, burning tires and coating the city in black smoke. Parts of the capital loyal to opposition groups had schools, universities, and markets close down due to the violence, and the streets were littered. Several prominent Chadians were killed in the first days of the protest, including Oredje Narcisse, a journalist for Chadian news site
338:, accused security forces of violence and claimed eight people were killed in the October 20 protests. Chadian government spokesman Aziz Mahamet Saleh claimed that thirty people were killed across the country in the protests, but organizers claimed the actual toll was closer to forty with many more wounded. In Moundou, Chad's second largest city, the local morgue claimed to have received thirty-two bodies, and an anonymous official claimed sixty people were injured. Saleh also stated that of those killed during the protests, ten were police forces. An
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276:Idriss DĂ©by
159:Wakit Tamma
109:Resulted in
1438:Categories
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1349:2023-04-12
1313:2023-11-24
1288:2023-04-12
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1208:Africanews
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369:Aftermath
326:Ray's Kim
316:'s party
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259:Chad
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