AT least 14 people, most of them students, were shot dead by police in violent student demonstrations this week in Gambia, the government said in a new toll issued on Wednesday. A death toll released Tuesday put the number of dead at 12. It said 28 others had been injured in the clashes in and around the capital Banjul and several other towns on Monday and Tuesday. The two latest victims were killed on Tuesday, one in Birkama, east of Banjul and one in Bara on the northern frontier with Senegal, hospital sources said. The toll could rise, as injured protesters were still being brought to Banjul hospital on Wednesday. Meanwhile at least 200 people have been arrested since the clashes, according to a tally compiled by journalists. Violence broke out during a protest by students over the death of fellow student Ebrima Barry at a fire station in Bara. The students said Barry was tortured, while an official autopsy concluded he died of natural causes.