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General News on Thursday, March 14, 2019
Source: 3news.com
2019-03-14
Eight warning shots were fired by Winneba police at the Faculty of Education Sciences
Police are firing warning shots and tear gas at the University of Winneba Education (UEW) in an effort to fend off student protesters who have been clamoring since Tuesday for the reinstatement of some sacked lecturers.
At least 10 people have suffered various types of injuries and are currently being treated at the university clinic, said one of the student witnesses of the incident at 3news.com.
The staff of the incorporated police unit called as reinforcement struck students who were protesting and throwing stones in response to what they described as police maneuverability at the time. the peaceful demonstration.
Students are destroying school buildings and erecting billboards on campus, witnesses of the scene.
"There are tear gas everywhere and everyone is running at full speed," said the witness some time ago.
The Winneba police initially fired eight blows at the Faculty of Education, near the university canteen, as protesters moved to have their colleagues join their #BringBackOurLecturers campaign. has gained ground since Tuesday, added the witness.
The witness who spoke on condition of anonymity said that tear gas was fired in the faculty building where lectures were held around 9 o'clock on Thursday. They also opened fire in the canteen and in the bushes where some of the demonstrators hid.
The protesters chanted their popular chorus "Bring Back Our Lecturers" as they walked around the faculty building where some of the students were in their conference rooms.
Police action angered some faculty students who began to gather around the Finpa roundabout, close to the university administration, ostensibly to protest the "brutality" of the police in the management of the situation.
Some of them said they were irritated by the fact that the wounded, who included food vendors, were not part of the demonstration.
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