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Following the increase of political violence within the Republic between far-right and far-left demonstrators, the All Novan Party has passed legislation forbidding all Communist and Socialist rallies or events and banned the Novan Communist Party stating that unless fully dissolved by the 20th of June, all communist members will be arrested for involvement in an illegal political organization and face up to 10 years in prison. Far-right demonstrations however are still permitted.

To protest of the banning of the communist party, thousands of Communists and communist sympathizers including those within other left-wing organizations not in support of the government crackdowns gathered in the capital of Trotskip to protest the decision. A now illegal display. In response, the government deployed the national guard to the scene and immediately began to round up and detain the protesters. However, after grabbing ahold of one protester now identified as Akako Kamen, a member of the Tseusonningen Communist Party and potential spy, Mr. Kamen fired upon the soldier killing him instantly. This initial gunshot led to panic amongst the crowd forcing the other armed protesters to open fire upon the national guard surrounding them. After witnessing the first 5 soldiers fall upon being hit, the army began to return fire by shooting blindly into the crowd of mostly unarmed and innocent protesters. The chaos lasted 30 minutes before the sound of consecutive gunfire was replaced by deafening silence. In the end, 6,279 were killed including 29 National Guard members with no surviving protesters from the event. Suspiciously enough, there were no injured.

Following the event, the Government has labeled the incident a failed revolution and stated that although tragic, the deaths were necessary to secure the existence of the Republic and its democracy. All coverage of the incident by non-state media has been banned with the justification being there should be no manipulation of the tragedy for political gain.

Furthermore, an active investigation by the government is underway to uncover the involvement of Tseusonningen in the "Revolution" and uncover its ties to the Novan Communist Party. The Novan Republic has also stated that as of now, the deaths of six thousand Novans are on the hands of the communist state blaming them for the attempted coup and unless proven innocent, the republic and its people intend to return the favor tenfold.

*All International news of the event follow that of the Novan Government*

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