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G8 Protester Reportedly Murdered by Police

Aired July 20, 2001 - 11:50   ET

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LEON HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: We're getting this late development from the outskirts of the G8 meeting, which is underway right now in Genoa, Italy. We understand now, according to Reuters -- we're getting reports that a protester there has been shot in the head. Not only that, the protester is also being reported -- according to Reuters, one of the Reuters photographers witnessed this person being shot in the head and then falling to the ground and then being run over by a police vehicle.

We'll try to check -- see if we can get some information, maybe even some video on that story, so make sure you stick around for more of that.

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