by Hyrama » Sat Nov 05, 2022 2:20 am
When news came of the death of Governor Boris Modric in Jildrath City today, there were mass anger and protests sprang up majorly.
That night, reports came of hundreds of thousands of people who came out to protest the death of the Governor and the "fault of the Government" with regards to the death. Various protest signage chastised the national Government and the local police for delaying action for a long while, alongside demanding governmental and police reform. Main roads of Jildrath City were blocked by those hundreds of thousands, who chanted among other things "Murderers" and "Kill the BHM" - referring to the Black Hammer Movement which kidnapped and ultimately killed the Governor.
The protestors managed to get to the Governor's Office before they began to be repelled. Local police tried to stop the protestors with tear gas and blockades, using trucks and police cars to try to do so. The national military has also been sent in though their priority is securing the Governor''s Office, the Governmental Qaurter, and searching the island for BHM renmants. Many protestors have been injured, most of them in small crushes and stampedes.
The largest protest so far happened today, with a police estimate of 430,000 but with a organizer's estimate of 2.5 million, happened near the Governmental Quarter and lasted all day and night. Some protestors attacked violently the blockade defending the Quarter and were repelled, the police began to move the protestors away from the quarter shortly thereafter and it was reported 120 people were arrested - the majority of the arrested participated in the violent attack, though a minority were arrested for other means and are scheduled to be released later today.
The national government has responded by declaring a State of Siege for the entire island of Extea, providing the military with authorization to enter the island more and arrest those who have had potential participation with BHM - and do so for up to 7 days without charge. The declaration awaits final approval in the National Assembly, however. The Interior Minister has warned, however, that protests will be broken up if they pose "...a violent threat to national and local security...".
Protests are expected to continue past March 5206.