Nigerians
and other African nationals numbering about 200 blocked the National
Highway 17 on the outskirts of Goa capital in India today in protest of
the death of a yet-to-be identified Nigerian.
According to reports,
the incident happened when a gang descended at Parra where many
Nigerians stay - in four and two wheeler vehicles and attacked a group
of Nigerians with weapons. Some of the Nigerians were on bikes when they
were attacked. One was hit with a dagger severally that he breathed his
last, while five others were injured in the attack before the
assailants fled from the scene.
Other Nigerians, who rushed to the
spot on hearing about the ghastly murder, refused the police to take the
body for post mortem demanding that the assailtants be arrested first.
“The
body was being taken to the Goa Medical College morgue in an ambulance
when a mob of Africans stopped it and pulled the corpse out at
Porvorim,” a police official said.
After removing the body from
the van, the protesters dropped the corpse on the road demanding justice
to
be done – this led to huge traffic jam on the outskirts of the Goa
capital.
Meanwhile, as the situation turned volatile, two companies
of police personnel were rushed to the spot and some of the protesters
were arrested.
