Police kill 18 during machete-wielding demo

Eighteen opposition demonstrators have been killed during two days of violence on the Indian Ocean island of Zanzibar.

Police kill 18 during machete-wielding demo
Mon, 29 Jan, 2001 - 11:01

Eighteen opposition demonstrators have been killed during two days of violence on the Indian Ocean island of Zanzibar.

Police said they fired live ammunition in self-defence against the protesters who were armed with machetes, bows, petrol bombs and stones.

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