LAGOS, July 17 (AFP) - Two Nigerian policemen have been charged with
murder following the killing of a university student which triggered a violent
protest, state radio reported Wednesday.
   Policemen shot dead a student of the Federal University of Technology last
week, triggering a riot in which Niger State's deputy governor was assaulted
and abducted for several hours.
   The student was the fourth to die in a recent string of police killings which
has generated revulsion and anger across Nigeria.
   The two police sergeants were Tuesday charged with culpable homicide
before a magistrate's court in Minna, Niger State's capital and the scene of
the shooting, Radio Nigeria said.
   The court adjourned the case until August 13 and ordered that the
policemen be remanded in custody.

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