2 killed in Senegal after detention of opposition figure Sonko FMTNews FMTWorld
DAKAR: Two people were killed yesterday during protests in southern Senegal after the indictment and detention of opposition figure Ousmane Sonko, a presidential candidate for the 2024 election, the interior ministry said.
The ministry press release sent to AFP did not give further details of the circumstances of the deaths in the city where Sonko is mayor. On Friday, he was arrested on new allegations tied to comments he has made, rallies he has held, and other episodes since 2021. Sonko was arrested on Friday after claiming on social media that security forces had been filming him outside his house and that he had snatched one of the phones to ask them to delete it.Sporadic clashes broke out yesterday evening in the suburbs of Dakar, AFP journalists saw.
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