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Nigeria police fire tear gas at protesters over miner deaths
By The BriefBrief · Sources (12)
Filed: Sep 18, 2026 at 12:07 PM ET
UPDATED Sep 18, 2026 at 1:07 PM ET
Summary: Nigeria police fired tear gas at protesters who gathered to protest the deaths of 37 miners in custody. The civil defence corps said the miners died from a suspected disease outbreak, while survivors told The Associated Press they died of suffocation.
WHO: Nigeria police; civil defence corps; protesters; survivors
WHAT: Police fired tear gas at protesters over the deaths of 37 miners in custody.
WHEN: Sep 17, 2026 at 8:00 PM ET
WHERE: Nigeria
WHY: The cause of the fire has not been reported.
Sources (12):
ABC News,
Africa News,
Al Jazeera,
AllAfrica,
BBC News,
CNN World,
Daily Maverick,
Deutsche Welle,
New York Times,
Straits Times,
The Guardian World,
The Hindu
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