According to my info twop people were killed sofar. A policeman and afourteen year old. However some claim that it were 2 protesters. One was allegedly shot and the other died of a
heart attack. One journalist claims to have seen 11 bodies.
There seems to be wide-spread looting taking place. My guess is that a lot of this looting is pure opportunistic.
- 22h50: Andry TGV has decided to go into the field to help firefighters.
- 22H44: Radio Antsiva announced that demonstrators want to attack the fuel depot and Ankorondrano Jirama Mandroseza dam.
- 22h30: Looting has Behoririka. House burned to Soarano opposite the building Ramaroson.
- 22h23: Round table tomorrow anticipated Andry TGV donors, ambassadors and Ravalomanana. Andry TGV called for the cessation of looting in the capital.
- 22H14: Courts 67 ha plundered, looted Floreal center!
- 22:00: Electronic Analakely Naza burned!
- 21H00: Radio Antsiva announces a dialogue between Rajoelina Andry and Marc Ravalomanana
- 20:45: Having regard Force One to 2 Ivato in the track
- 20H42: Radio Antsiva Executive announced a possible military
- 20h10: General Prison Break Prison Antanimora! Commercial center of the CITIC Behoririka attacked.
- 19h48: Antananarivo with the calm …
(This is from www.sobika.com and was translated with Google translate)
For more photos visit the Observers site
For more news or here for eye-witness accounts.
As far as I can deduce the president has not fled the country. This is definitely not in line with his character.
Please pray for the Malagasy people. They are really nice, gentle and hospitable people. This manifestation of violence is definetely out of step with who they really are.
Without being pro-this one or anti-that one, the result of these riots will be that the poor will be even poorer. The rich have insurance policies and other options.
One Malgasy man said to me: “It seems that this is the Malagasy mentality. We always return ourselves to zero.”
Pray for the street children and the other homeless. Who will look after them?
Pray for the safety of the women and children who need to go out to buy food.
Pray that the police, army and protesters will use minimum force.
Pray for wisdom and calmness.
Pray for rain. It should disperse the crowds. (Last week we were praying “against” the cyclones and now…)
Pray for the president and the mayor.
From the sobik.com website
“We are Malagasy and Malagasy are not combatants. There is a concern for peace and harmony and this is the wish of all Malagasy in general. It is not too late to get there, but we must put aside pride and prejudice. That’s where the problem is unfortunately.”
PS. I am safe. Nothing has happened on our side of town.
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>One journalist claims to have seen 11 bodies.
May I ask you your source [radio ?] plz
The capital needs the help of god and the government.
The ex-Mayor organised a mess, that he can not controll any more. Killers, robbers and ex prisoners are in the capital, busy with robbering and violence. The people have to try peacefull overtaking of the sitation too. Malagassy are peacefull people, they didn’t organise this. Why always there is somebody interested of the going down of our country! Why malagassy can not get the peace they deserve?
Pray for Madagascar and the peacefull people!
Fortunately the province is peaceful. The gang of ex mayor Andry Rajoelina must be stopped! The violence must be stopped! All peacefull people! Pray and help! Only peace in Madagascar!
Rajoelina refuse dialog with the government. His band is on the way to Antsirabe to search for the president and to do more burns and mess. He said in the radio that the water of Antananarivo is poisened. The people in Antananrivo must suffer, were his words. His idea now is to get the army on his side.
Pray for Madagascar and for the malagassy peacefull people! Believe in the government and don’t panic! Help to the people to organise themself peaceful to take over the situation!
Police is taking control over the capital. They are on all the places wich were burned and robbered. The government is taking slowly control back. Now the malagassy must be strong and together, be with their governement and pray, support the people in the provence, which are in panic, scared of the coming band of robbers and killers
Malagasy, be strong, be with your government, they need you now. Together is possible to make the criminal band out of our capital and country
Keep the faith, we are all praying for the Malagache people. They are good people. Their goverment is a good and fair goverment that will need the help of their people and God to help them through this time.
I think for myself and others this was an unnecessary excercise in the name of democracy. Democracy is not about violence but rather about fruitful dialogue between opposing parties.
May god help the people in need.
This is the time of test. People should stay calm and try to support Government. Oppositions shall take it calmly wait for next elections. Opposing some body is not wrong but here opposition have shown violance which is very bad.
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