An eight-year-old boy and four protesters were killed in India on Friday in clashes between police and demonstrators, officials said Saturday, as unrest over a controversial citizenship law rages into a second week.There has been growing disquiet about the law, which gives people from persecuted minorities from three neighbouring countries an easier path to citizenship, but not if they are Muslim.
Uttar Pradesh police spokesman Shirish Chandra confirmed to AFP that the other 10 people died after being shot. "When the police tried to quell the protests, these persons ran for cover and a stampede-like situation emerged, in which this boy died," Chaudhary said. Two deaths were in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district, a spokesman for the district police chief told AFP.