Ten people were killed in Nigeria during protests marking the anniversary of the country's civil war, according to the police, but campaigners said the death toll was much higher.
Activists wanting a separate state for the Igbo people in the southeast were commemorating the 49th anniversary of the declaration of an independent Republic of Biafra on May 30, 1967.
Police said officers opened fire on Monday because members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) movement shot at security forces deployed to monitor the rallies - a claim denied by the group
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