Nigerians and other African
nationals numbering about 200 blocked the National Highway 17 on the outskirts
of Goa capital in India today in protest of the death of a yet-to-be identified
Nigerian.
According to reports, the incident
happened when a gang descended at Parra where many Nigerians stay - in four and
two wheeler vehicles and attacked a group of Nigerians with weapons. Some of
the Nigerians were on bikes when they were attacked. One was hit with a dagger
severally that he breathed his last, while five others were injured in the
attack before the assailants fled from the scene.
Other Nigerians, who rushed to the
spot on hearing about the ghastly murder, refused the police to take the body
for post mortem demanding that the assailtants be arrested first.
“The body was being taken to the
Goa Medical College morgue in an ambulance when a mob of Africans stopped it
and pulled the corpse out at Porvorim,” a police official said. After removing the body from the
van, the protesters dropped the corpse on the road demanding justice to be done
– this led to huge traffic jam on the outskirts of the Goa capital.
Meanwhile, as the situation turned volatile, two companies of police personnel were rushed to the spot and some of the protesters were arrested.
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