According to Amnesty International: "During the protests, the gendarmerie (military police), the national army including the Presidential Security Regiment (Régiment de Sécurité Présidentielle, RSP), and the police were deployed. [...] Others who were peacefully marching on 30 October and 2 November were also shot and wounded. In these instances, security forces used excessive force; their actions were not required to protect life nor were they in self-defence. In these cases, based on witness testimony, no warning was given and there was no attempt to use other, less lethal, methods first. [...] People not participating in the protests were also hit by stray bullets. This was the case for a manual worker who was shot near François Compaoré’s residence. He had a bullet wound on his right foot and had to be treated in hospital for nearly a month. He told Amnesty International: "I work in sand collection [ramassage de sable], not far from François Compaoré’s house. The day of the protests, when the military went onto the road to crack down on the protests, they shot at ground level and a bullet hit me while I was sitting at my workplace. The soldiers were aboard two vehicles." [...] In the context of the protests that took place in Burkina Faso between 30 October and 2 November 2014, security forces violated the right to life, the right to freedom from torture, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment and punishment, the right to peaceful assembly, and the right to freedom of expression, among other human rights. The testimonies and evidence gathered by Amnesty International indicate that security forces arbitrarily used lethal force on peaceful protestors, resulting in at least ten deaths and hundreds of injuries." ^[+]