Vietnam police fire tear gas at protest

HANOI — Vietnamese police fired tear gas to disperse a crowd of thousands who gathered to protest the death of a young man detained by police, an official said Wednesday.

The incident took place in Bac Giang province northeast of Hanoi on Sunday, said the official from the provincial People's Committee, the local government.

"Thousands of people were in front of the People's Committee... to ask for the truth" about the death of the man who was held for a traffic violation, said the official, who declined to be named.

He said they had brought the young man's coffin with them.

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