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A student was killed in clashes at an opposition rally in Gabon’s capital, where police fired tear gas to disperse protesters demanding the resignation of President Ali Bongo Ondimba.

The opposition claimed three people had died and hundreds were injured in the violence, though there was no official confirmation of those figures.

At least 20 people were arrested in scuffles between police and demonstrators, an AFP journalist saw.

Public prosecutor Sidonie Flore Ouwe, who told reporters shops “were ransacked” and cars set on fire in the unrest, confirmed that a 30-year-old male student was killed in the clashes.

He succumbed to a throat injury likely caused by “a sharp object,” added coroner Liliane Flore Pemba.

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