Seven killed, scores wounded in Djibouti clashes: foreign minister

Tue, 22 Dec 2015

Africa

TUE, 22 DEC 2015

Djibouti's opposition Union for National Salvation party said that its president Ahmed Youssouf (pictured) was among the wounded after an attack by gunmen on security forces close to capital. By Bertrand Guay (AFP/File)

Nairobi (AFP) - At least seven civilians were killed and scores of people wounded in clashes in Djibouti, the foreign minister said Tuesday, insisting the situation was now under control a day after the violence.

"Medical authorities recorded seven people dead," including six men killed by machete cuts and one young girl killed by a bullet, Djiboutian foreign minister Mahamoud Ali Youssouf told AFP by telephone.

At least 23 civilians and 50 police officers were wounded, he added.

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