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Sami Quadri

At least 19 dead after Madagascar police open fire at ‘lynch mob’ attacking police station

Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina

(Picture: AFP via Getty Images)

Madagascar police killed at least 19 people and wounded 21 others when they fired on a crowd angered at the kidnapping of an albino child.

About 500 people, some armed with machetes, wanted the police to release the four kidnapping suspects so they could deal with them.

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