1.
GV STUDENTS ON UNIVERSITY STEPS (2 SHOTS)
0.10

2.
LV POLICE
0.14

3.
LV WATER CANNON
0.18

4.
MV DITTO ZOOM OUT TO GV UNIVERSITY.
0.26

5.
MV UNIVERSITY STEPS WITH FLAG AT HALF MAST PAN TO POLICE VEHICLES
0.32

6.
LV STUDENTS ON UNIVERSITY STEPS
0.37

7.
LV MOUNTED POLICE
0.43

8.
LV POLICE VEHICLES
0.50

9.
GV STUDENTS ON UNIVERSITY STEPS
0.58



Initials RM/VS/PW/BB



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Background: SEVERAL HUNDRED MADRID UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, ANGERED BY THE DEATH OF A STUDENT ALLEGED TO HAVE "COMMITTED SUICIDE" WHILE UNDER POLICE QUESTIONING, STAGED FURTHER SPORADIC DEMONSTRATIONS YESTERDAY (WEDNESDAY) FOR THE SECOND SUCCESSIVE DAY. STRONG POLICE DETACHMENTS ON THE UNIVERSITY GROUNDS MOVED IN QUICKLY TO DISPERSE GROUNDS CHANTING "POLICE ASSASSINS".

THE DEAD STUDENT, ENRIQUE RUANO, IS CLAIMED TO HAVE FALLEN FROM THE WINDOW OF HIS SEVENTH-FLOOR APARTMENT WHILE POLICE WERE IN THE APARTMENT. STUDENTS HAVE BEEN FLYING FLAGS AT HALF-MAST AT THE UNIVERSITY IN MOURNING. AT ONE STAGE ON TUESDAY, POLICE FIRED SHORTS IN THE AIR WHEN THEIR SQUAD CAR WAS SURROUNDED BY ANGRY STUDENTS.