Security forces kill at least 60 as protests engulf Chad

Security forces kill at least 60 as protests engulf Chad
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Chadian security forces have opened fire on anti-government demonstrators in the country’s two largest cities killing at least 60 people, officials said.

Authorities imposed a curfew after the violence, which came amid demonstrations in the central African nation against interim leader Mahamat Idriss Deby’s two-year extension of his power.

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