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Eleven shot dead in Cape Verde, including two Spanish citizens

Police stand guard on the road leading to the Spanish embassy in Praia, Cape Verde. (Photo: Courtesy)

Cape Verde: Eleven men were shot dead in Cape Verde on Tuesday, including eight soldiers, a local civilian and two Spanish citizens, the minister of Internal Administration for the archipelago off the African coast said in a statement.

The men were killed at a telecommunications site at Monte Tchota, a forested area on Santiago island about 27 km (17 miles) north of the capital, Praia, Minister Paulo Rocha said.

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