ALBAWABA - Local reports in Senegal confirm that a third death has been recorded, in increasingly violent protests against the president's decision to postpone upcoming presidential elections.
A 19-year-old man has been reportedly killed after taking part in the unrest that has taken over the Senegalese streets after President Macky Sall postponed an election due this month.
A medical source told AFP "The teenager took a projectile to the head and died of his injuries in intensive care on Saturday evening".
"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.
President Macky Sall said he postponed the election because of a dispute between parliament and the Constitutional Council over potential candidates barred from running.
