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Police in Madagascar open fire on a crowd seeking revenge for abduction of albino child

The village of Ikongo, where police fired on a mob of angry residents seeking revenge for the kidnapping of an albino child, is located in the south-west of the Vatovavy-Fitovinany region. © RFI

At least 19 people were killed by police in a town in Madagascar, who opened fire on what they claim was a lynch mob angered at the kidnapping of an albino child.

A mob of angry people armed with knives and machetes stormed the police station in the town of Ikongo, 350 kilometres from the capital Antananarivo, where four people were being held, suspected of having kidnapped an albino child last week.

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