CONAKRY, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Guinean riot police sealed off the centre of the capital Conakry on Monday as shooting broke out in several neighbourhoods where protesters took to the streets to support a general strike, police and witnesses said.

The protests, on the 13th day of the crippling strike aimed at ousting President Lansana Conte, followed several days of violence which has killed at least eight people in Conakry and towns across the West African country.

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