{"id":18921,"date":"2020-06-04T10:42:59","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T10:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=18921"},"modified":"2020-06-04T10:42:59","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T10:42:59","slug":"anti-lockdown-protests-escalates-in-madagascar-after-alleged-police-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=18921","title":{"rendered":"Anti-lockdown protests escalates in Madagascar after alleged police violence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/anti-lockdown-protest-scene-in-Madagascar.jpg\" alt=\"Anti-lockdown protests escalates in Madagascar after alleged police violence\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tension erupted in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/madagascar-covid-19-cure-will-be-subjected-to-stringent-regulatory-process-nigerian-govt\/\">Madagascar<\/a>\u00a0on Wednesday between the police and anti-lockdown protesters after what began as a peaceful protest escalated due to alleged police violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Protesters who had taken to the streets in the eastern town of Toamasina were outraged after a police officer allegedly beat a street vendor accused of breaching an afternoon ban on commercial activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Security operatives were also accused of firing rubber bullets at protesters who were mounting road blocks, throwing stones and burning tyres in the streets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe mobs are still continuing and security forces are restoring order,\u201d the police said in a statement on Wednesday night adding that there was no form of violence recorded and that the street vendor had returned home after a brief hospital visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Groups have taken to social media to query President Andry Rajoelina\u2019s decision to send troops to enforce the lockdown demanding he stepped down within 12 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rajoelina had imposed a lockdown on Madagascar\u2019s three main cities at the end of March in an attempt to contain the spread of infection as the country\u2019s tally reports over 900 infections and 6 deaths in Toamasina alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other two states, Antananarivo and Fianarantsoa have since seen gradual lifting of lockdown restrictions while Taomasina would remain&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barrons.com\/amp\/news\/madagascar-anti-lockdown-protests-flare-after-alleged-police-violence-01591212009\">under confinement<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Madagascan authorities still embrace the purported remedy and preventive Covid-19 herbal drink, Covid Organics, despite the WHO\u2019s failure to endorse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tension erupted in\u00a0Madagascar\u00a0on Wednesday between the police and anti-lockdown protesters after what began as a peaceful protest escalated due to alleged police violence. 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