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Rioters clash with police in Cameroon for sixth day

CNN

January 5, 2012

Douala, Cameroon (CNN) — Clashes between residents of the Deido neighborhood and security officials in Cameroon’s economic capital of Douala entered a sixth day Thursday as police battled to prevent the violence from spreading citywide.

Police used tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons to disperse rioters after at least two people died Tuesday in fighting sparked by the suspected murder of a man on New Year’s Eve.

The stabbing of a resident by a commercial motorcycle rider eventually triggered attacks on commercial riders by angry youths, government officials told reporters.

Dozens of people were taken to hospitals with injuries, including fractures and burns, suffered in the fighting. The clashes diminished as rioters turned their attention to police and soldiers. Read more…