Protesters break curfew amid gunfire, chaos

LAGOS, NIGERIA » Nigerian protesters demanding an end to police brutality defied a curfew and faced off with security forces Wednesday as gunfire rang out and fires burned in Lagos, a day after shots were fired into a crowd of demonstrators singing the country’s national anthem. It’s not clear howmany protesters were killed in Tuesday night’s shooting at the Lekki toll plaza in the West African country’s sprawling commercial capital. Lagos’ governor said many were injured and one person had died, but that it was not certain if he was a protester.

Amnesty International and the U.N.’s high commissioner for human rights both said security forces were responsible for multiple deaths.