- Title: Thousands gather to bury Niger student killed in protest
- Date: 17th April 2017
- Summary: AMBULANCE CARRYING BODY DRIVING AND STUDENTS MARCHING BEHIND STUDENTS MARCHING BACK OF STUDENTS AND UNION LEADERS MARCHING VARIOUS OF STUDENTS MARCHING TOWARDS CEMETERY (SOUNDBITE) (French) STUDENT, LAMINE IDE, SAYING: "It's a really sad day. All of the students are in mourning. And we deplore the conditions under which our friend was assassinated in a cowardly manner." VARIOUS OF WOMEN STANDING ON SIDE OF ROAD (SOUNDBITE) (French) STUDENT, BOUREIMA GARGA, SAYING "It's all of the students who have been slain, that's why we are marching, we are all dead. We demand justice, this crime will not go unpunished. Those who killed Bagale will pay for it here and tomorrow in the hereafter." T-SHIRT READING (French): "To our martyrs - the struggle continues" PEOPLE IN STREET NEAR CEMETERY ENTRANCE TO CEMETERY, PEOPLE STANDING NEARBY MAN STANDING IN HOLE IN GROUND AND PEOPLE STANDING BY BODY OF MALA BAGALE KELLOUMI BEING CARRIED THROUGH CROWDS BODY OF MALA BAGALE KELLOUMI BEING UNWRAPPED MEN STANDING IN CROWDS AT FUNERAL CROWDS PRAYING NIAMEY, NIGER (APRIL 10, 2017) (REUTERS) STUDENTS STANDING IN LINE / POLICE OFFICERS IN TRUCKS POLICE JUMPING OUT OF TRUCKS, RUNNING AFTER STUDENTS POLICE OFFICERS BY TRUCK TALKING TO TWO INJURED STUDENTS LYING ON GROUND
- Embargoed: 1st May 2017 18:42
- Keywords: Niger protests student death funeral Niamey
- Location: NIAMEY, NIGER
- City: NIAMEY, NIGER
- Country: Niger
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Civil Unrest
- Reuters ID: LVA0036CSF8EF
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Thousands of students marched in Niger's capital Niamey on Monday (April 17) for the funeral of a student who died during a protest demanding the government return their subsidies and improve conditions.
The demonstration last Monday (April 10) turned violent with police chasing students, about 80 of whom were injured in clashes. Police used tear gas to disperse the crowd and students threw stones. Later that day authorities closed the campus leaving thousands homeless.
Later in the week a video surfaced on social media of security forces beating a student which appeared to have been filmed and disseminated by the police themselves. Three policemen were arrested for the video, according to a statement read on national television last week.
The campus was re-opened after the President Mahamaddou Issoufou held talks with the students' union representative on Saturday (April 15) and opened a dialogue between the union representatives and the prime minister the next day. But on Monday the students walked out of the talks and called for more protests. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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