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    An eerie calm had returned to Freetown on Thursday, residents said, as stores were closed and people stayed in out of fear of unrest. The internet was cut for two hours on Wednesday and again overnight, according to internet observatory NetBlocks.
    Other verified images from Freetown showed clouds of smoke and teargas as large crowds threw rocks and burned tyres and armed officers patrolled the streets. The protests were concentrated in the opposition's northern heartland and the capital.
    Wednesday's death toll included two police officers killed in Freetown, three in the northern town of Kamakwie and one in the northern city of Makeni, police inspector general William Fayia Sellu told Reuters. At least 13 civilians were shot dead in Freetown, said staff at the city's main mortuary.
    One video verified by Reuters from Freetown showed a police officer firing a gun into a crowd. Sulaiman Turay, a 19-year-old living in east Freetown, marched briefly before police started firing teargas and said he later he saw demonstrators getting shot at from his porch. "I think people are shocked. It's not the country we know.
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