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    "content": "college. The driver and his turn boy fled from the scene immediately after the accident leaving behind the injured police officer. Members of the public proceeded to attack the officer, but he was saved by a boda boda operator who took him to Rhamu Hospital where he was admitted. The members of the public had assumed that the vehicle was being driven by the police officer. Subsequently, students engaged police officers in running battles, burnt the lorry and completely barricaded the road with logs, stones and burning tyres. Attempts by police to disperse them proved difficult and the rioting students engaged police throughout the night making the section of the road inaccessible. The police officers were unable to access the scene of the accident to collect the bodies. As darkness set in, police had to hold ground at a safe distance to wait for reinforcement since it was dangerous to engage the rioters in darkness. On the following day, the Officer Commanding Police Division (OCPD) received reinforcements and was able to remove the bodies and prevent a spill-over of the riots to the town. The rioting persisted and seven vehicles which were parked at a petrol station near the point of accident were set on fire. In the course of quelling the riots, six police officers were injured and a firearm, ceska pistol No.G0360, was robbed from a police officer and thrown into a burning lorry. The rioting students were violent thus forcing police officers to use live bullets. Consequently, six rioters sustained bullet injuries. Unfortunately, one of them, succumbed while undergoing treatment at Rhamu Hospital. Lastly, the Government will not compensate members of the public as it cannot be held liable for the riots since the rioters took the law into their hands. However, investigations are ongoing. Any person who will be found culpable will face the full force of the law."
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