General Kofi Annan also expressed concerned about the deteriorating security situation in Togo and called on all sides to exercise restraint. Saturday's deaths in Lome were the first since the takeover. Two paramilitary gendarmes were also seriously injured, the government said, adding that Gnassingbe had condemned the violence and ordered an investigation. Protest organisers said security forces had shot dead four demonstrators and several were injured. The government said soldiers had fired warning shots as a hostile crowd surrounded their vehicle and that three protesters had been killed.
