Cambodian police shoot dead garment workers

By Lindsay Murdoch
Updated January 4 2014 - 10:13am, first published January 3 2014 - 11:15pm
A man is arrested during a demonstration on January 3, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.  Photo: Getty
A man is arrested during a demonstration on January 3, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Photo: Getty
A man is arrested during a demonstration on January 3, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.  Photo: Getty
A man is arrested during a demonstration on January 3, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Photo: Getty
A man is arrested during a demonstration on January 3, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.  Photo: Getty
A man is arrested during a demonstration on January 3, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Photo: Getty

Cambodian military police have shot dead at least three protesting garment workers in the capital Phnom Penh. Witnesses said workers demanding a rise in the minimum wage had hurled rocks, bottles and petrol bombs before police opened fire with assault rifles and pistols.

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