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Police shooting in Namontana: complaint filed after one death

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A National Police operation in Namontana on 1 October left one person dead after being shot in the head and several others injured. The deceased’s family and the manager of La Gastro Pizza have filed a complaint at Toby Ratsimandrava, while the accounts given by the police and the complainants differ, according to Madagascar Tribune.

The family of the employee killed during a police operation in Namontana and the manager of La Gastro Pizza have filed a complaint at Toby Ratsimandrava in Madagascar following the gunfire on 1 October, reports Madagascar Tribune.

The National Police say they intervened after receiving calls reporting an assault and theft. Members of the Rapid Intervention Unit are said to have then encountered a group considered suspicious. The people involved and the police give conflicting accounts of the shooting, according to Madagascar Tribune. The family and the restaurant manager have filed a complaint.

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