15 people killed in Senegal as opposition leader’s supporters clash with policeNumber of people killed in days of clashes between Senegalese police and supporters of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has now risen to 15By AP Published Date - 11:45 PM, Sat - 3 June 23AP/PTI PhotoDakar: The number of people killed in days of clashes between Senegalese police and supporters of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has now risen to 15, including two security officers, the government said on Saturday. Sonko came in third in Senegal’s 2019 presidential election and is popular with the country’s youth. His supporters maintain his legal troubles are part of a government effort to derail his candidacy in the 2024 presidential election. In a statement Friday, his PASTEF-Patriots party called on Senegalese to “amplify and intensify the constitutional resistance” until President Sall leaves office. Government spokesman Abdou Karim Fofana said the damage caused by months of demonstrations had cost the country millions of dollars.
