About 50 people killed in Chad protests, government says

Smoke erupts from tyres set on fire as people protest in N'Djamena, Chad, October 20, 2022 in this picture obtained from social media. Juda Allahondoum - Le Visionnaire/via REUTERS

N'DJAMENA (Reuters) -About 50 people were killed and nearly 300 injured in violence that broke out in Chad on Thursday as hundreds took to the streets to demand a quicker transition to democratic rule.

Prime Minister Saleh Kebzabo, who gave the death toll at a news conference, said the government was still compiling casualties from what he described as an armed insurrection.