At least five people were killed in Guinea’s capital of Conakry on Tuesday in protests sparked by a teacher’s strike.
The government said, reviving labour tensions in a country where previous strikes have led to dozens of deaths.
Unidentified assailants attacked a police station and demonstrators clashed with gendarmes in several districts of Conakry, witnesses said.
“By midday, these demonstrations had unfortunately caused the deaths of at least five people,’’ the government said in a statement, calling the protest “illegal and forbidden’’.
Government said that 30 people had been injured, including members of the security forces, and 12 arrested.
Witnesses said that three of the dead had been shot but it was not possible to verify that information.
General strikes about 10 years ago caused major disruptions in Guinea, which has around a third of…
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