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Gunshots as prison set ablaze in Nigeria's Lagos

AFP WORLD
Published October 22,2020
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A general view of smoke arising from the Ikoyi prison that is on fire in Lagos on October 22, 2020. - Gunshots could heard smoke was seen billowing from a prison in central Lagos as fresh unrest rocked after shooting of protesters. (AFP Photo)

Gunshots could be heard Thursday and smoke was seen billowing from a prison in central Lagos, an AFP journalist said, as fresh unrest rocked Nigeria's biggest city after the shooting of protesters.

Police close to the scene told AFP that assailants had attacked the detention facility in the upscale Ikoyi neighbourhood.