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Somali police shoot dead protester-govt source
06 Jan 2007 13:22:05 GMT
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MOGADISHU, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Somali police killed a man in an exchange of fire with a crowd protesting against the presence of Ethiopian troops in the capital Mogadishu, a government source said on Saturday.

"Protesters shot at policemen, the police returned fire killing one man," the source said. "I don't know how many people have been wounded."

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