Third Man Dies In Senegal Unrest: Hospital Source, Politician
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published February 11, 2024 | 04:00 PM
Dakar, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 11th Feb, 2024) A 19-year-old died following clashes in Senegal's Ziguinchor, the third fatality in unrest after President Macky Sall postponed this month's election, a hospital source and a local politician said Sunday.
Sall's decision to push back the February 25 presidential vote has plunged Senegal into its worst crisis since independence from France in 1960.
Protests against the move pitting youths against the security forces are turning increasingly violent in a country seen as a haven of stability and democracy in West Africa, a region roiled by coups and unrest.
The teenager "took a projectile to the head and died of his injuries in intensive care" on Saturday evening, a hospital source in the southern city told AFP on condition of anonymity.
"There were several seriously wounded people during the protests and one died.
He was hit in the head by a bullet," said Abdou Sane, coordinator of the opposition party Pastef in Ziguinchor.
Most Senegalese cities remained calm on Saturday but spontaneous demonstrations continued in Ziguinchor, a stronghold of jailed opposition figurehead Ousmane Sonko.
Sall said he postponed the election because of a dispute between parliament and the Constitutional Council over potential candidates barred from running.
He has said he wants to begin a process of "appeasement and reconciliation" and reiterated a commitment not to stand for a third term amid expressions of international concern.
Senegal's parliament backed the move on Monday and voted to keep Sall in office until his successor takes over, which is unlikely to be before early 2025. His second term had been due to end on April 2.
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