Keyword: Port Harcourt
Amnesty International public statement
13 October 2009
Nigeria: Security forces use violence against demonstrators
Amnesty International condemns the excessive use of force by some members of the security forces in Bundu waterfront community, Port Harcourt, Rivers State on 12 October. At least three people were killed and eleven seriously injured when combined troops of the Joint Task Force (JTF) and police used firearms to disperse a crowd.
