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Transcripts for BBCNEWS Witness History 20240604 00:51:00

Unreasonable to them. 0riginally, people said there would be no weapons, but there were individuals who carried their weapons. we couldn t do anything about it. we said, it s a peaceful barricade. around 8:30, the police started firing tear gas and concussion grenades at us. concussion grenades, for those who don t know, sound like gunshots. they re quite a loud noise. i had to tell some of the people i was with to run, you know, let s run for cover. it was scary because we didn t know if anyone was killed. you know, on both sides. the police force continued to block the roads, people coming in or out. they prevented food, medicine. they were quite aggressive and always provoking. it was a siege. a 78 day siege. well, we did decide to end it. wejust had enough and we said, we re

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS Witness History 20240604 09:51:00

That s why they wanted to talk to a man because the women were being very unreasonable to them. people originally said there be no weapons, but there were individuals who carry their weapons. we couldn t do anything about it. it was a peaceful barricade. around 8:30, they started firing tear gas and grenades. concussion grenades for those who don t know, sound like gunshots. they re quite a loud noise. i have to tell some of the people i was with to run. run for cover. it was scary because we didn t know if anyone was killed. the police force continued to block the roads. people coming in or out, they prevented food, medicine, they were quite aggressive. and always provoking. it was a siege of 78 days.

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS Witness History 20240604 15:51:00

With our hands in the air to make sure they saw we had no weapons, but they still met us with a lot of aggression and force. what i said to them was, this is our land and you have every right to be here. they weren t too happy with that. that s why they wanted to talk to a man because the women were being very unreasonable to them. people originally said there be no weapons, but there were individuals who carried their weapons. we couldn t do anything about it. we said it was a peaceful barricade. around 8:30 a:m, they started firing tear gas and grenades. concussion grenades for those who don t know, sound like gunshots. they re quite a loud noise. i had to tell some of the people i was with to run. run for cover. it was scary because we didn t know if anyone was killed. on both sides. the police force continued to block the roads. people coming in or out.

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS Witness History 20240604 13:54:00

With our hands in the air to make sure that they saw we had no weapons. but they still met us with a lot of aggression and a lot of force. what i said to them was that this is our land and we have every right to be here. they were not too happy with that. that s why they wanted to talk to a man, because the women were, i guess, being very unreasonable to them. originally, people said there would be no weapons, but there were individuals who carried their weapons. we couldn t do anything about it. we said, it s a peaceful barricade. around 8:30, the police started firing tear gas and concussion grenades at us. concussion grenades, for those who don t know, sound like gunshots. they re quite a loud noise. i had to tell some of the people i was with to run, you know, let s run for cover. it was scary because we didn t know if anyone was killed. you know, on both sides.

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS Witness History 20240604 20:52:00

There would be no weapons, but there were individuals who carried their weapons. we couldn t do anything about it. we said, it s a peaceful barricade. around 8:30, the police started firing tear gas and concussion grenades at us. concussion grenades, for those who don t know, sound like gunshots. they re quite a loud noise. i had to tell some of the people i was with to run, you know, let s run for cover. it was scary because we didn t know if anyone was killed. you know, on both sides. the police force continued to block the roads, people coming in or out. they prevented food, medicine. they were quite aggressive and always provoking. it was a siege. a 78 day siege. well, we did decide to end it. we just had enough and we said,

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