Boy killed at huge protests over Togo president's tenure
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Togo's security minister says a 10-year-old boy was killed and at least 10 other people were injured during protests over the passage of a bill that critics fear would allow the West African country's president to seek re-election indefinitely.
The security minister, Colonel Damehame Yark, said some government opponents brought weapons to the Wednesday protests that drew hundreds of thousands.
Parliament members from the ruling party passed a bill on Tuesday that the opposition says does not include term limits for President Faure Gnassingbe. He has been in office since his father died in 2005.
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The legislation next will be submitted to voters as a referendum.
Togo's security forces killed at least two people during demonstrations that began in August and used tear gas during a peaceful protest this month.