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Nigerian Forces Fire on Demonstrators Protesting Police Brutality The toll was unclear, but witnesses said several people were shot during escalating protests in Lagos. The governor said ‘miscreants’ had hijacked mostly peaceful demonstrations. Police fire teargas at a crowd of anti-police brutality protestors near Abuja on Tuesday.  Credit... Kola Sulaimon/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigerian security forces opened fire Tuesday night at a demonstration in Lagos against police brutality, hitting several people according to witnesses, in a major escalation of the unrest that has gripped the country for two weeks. The extent of the casualties was unclear, but some witnesses reported seeing people who were killed. Videos posted to social media  crackled with apparent gunfire  and  showed people who were wounded  and uniformed forces shooting into the air. A police officer who witnessed the episode and spoke on condition of anonymity said that 11 people had been ki