TOLIARA – Confrontations between law enforcement officials and demonstrators in Ankilimalinike after seizure of bovids, wounded

Antananarivo, 28 April, 6:15 a.m. – Tension in Toliara on Sunday. An operation reported as being a seizure of bovids by the defence and security forces degenerated into clashes between the elements of the law enforcement forces and the inhabitants of Ankilivalo, commune of Ankilimanilike, Toliara II. The vice-president of the National Assembly, MP elected in Toliara I, Siteny Randrianasoloniaiko, evokes wounded among the demonstrators.

The Greater South of Madagascar, already weakened since the "Basal Toliara" affair, is experiencing a new outbreak of violence. Yesterday in the late afternoon, in the rural commune of Kilimaliniky, specifically in the fokontany of Benetsy, a violent confrontation between the law enforcement forces and a group of villagers was unfortunately only the manifestation of a critical situation, marked by increasing distrust between local populations an…