At least four shot dead in Guinea protest

Four deaths were reported by monitoring groups and victims' family members

At least four people were shot dead and several wounded during a second day of anti-government protests in Guinea's capital Conakry on Friday, Qazet.az reports according to an opposition coalition.

The protests were spurred by fears that Guinea's ruling junta, which took power in a coup last September, is not moving quickly enough to restore civilian rule.

"The FNDC is profoundly shocked and outraged by the loss of human lives registered during the day of Friday 29th of July," the National Front for the Defence of the Constitution (FNDC) said in a statement.

Four deaths were reported by monitoring groups and victims' family members, and several people wounded by gunshot of which five in critical condition, it added.