Togo regrets deadly protest over fuel price increase
Xinhua, March 1, 2017 Adjust font size:
The Togolese government has condemned street demonstrations against fuel price increase and the ensuring clash with police that resulted in one death on Tuesday.
"One people was killed and one injured by firearm among demonstrators," while several police officers were injured, the government lamented on Tuesday night on the national television.
The increase in the fuel prices at the filling stations, effective from February 28, applies for two-stroke mixture, super unleaded gasoline and kerosene.
It was a result of the "combined effects of the fluctuations in the global prices in energy commodities and the surge in the value of U.S. dollar", the government said.
The government underscored that five decreases in fuel price had been carried out over the period from December 25, 2015 to January 26, 2017 and that it continued to subsidize fuel prices.
The government has thus regretted and condemned demonstrations and damages following price increase and urged the Togolese population for calm. Endit