Three injured in Fiji shooting

Suva - A television cameraman and two soldiers were shot and injured outside Fiji's parliament early today during a scuffle between…

Suva - A television cameraman and two soldiers were shot and injured outside Fiji's parliament early today during a scuffle between soldiers and gunmen holding the prime minister hostage.

Witnesses said the three were shot after a group of unarmed supporters of the coup leader, Mr George Speight, began wrestling with soldiers at a roadblock outside the thatch-roofed parliament complex.

The supporters pulled at the barrels of the soldiers' guns and threw rocks and other debris.

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