Deadly protests in Senegal kill at least nine

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THE STREETS IN OUTRAGE THE FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT HA THAT STORY >> Reporter: TONIGHT, TH POLITICAL PROCESS IN SENEGAL THE VIOLENT CLASHES BETWEE THE RIOTERS AND POLICE KILLING AT LEAST NINE PEOPLE I AFRICAN COUNTRIES ON EDGE. THE CHAOTIC SCENE UNFOLDING. PROTESTERS FIRING GUNS A POLICE, AND POLICE LAUNCHING TEAR GAS AT CROWDS THE DEMONSTRATORS, SETTING CAR ON FIRE. THE CAPITAL CITY IS NOW SHROUDED IN THICK BLACK SMOKE PROTESTS ERUPTED AS THE COUNTRY LEADING THE OPPOSITION POLITICIAN. THIS MAN HANDED THE TWO-YEAR JAIL SENTENCE, THREATENING HIS BIG FOR PRESIDENT. HE WAS CONVICTED OF CORRUPTING THE YOUTH. AND ACTE IMMORALLY TO SOMEONE YOUNGER THAN 21. THEY ARE MAKING DEATH THREATS TO THE ACCUSER. [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ] >> AND VIOLENT CRASHES, FORCIN THE GOVERNMENT TO GO THROUGH MEDIA SOCIAL SITES INCLUDING FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, MESSENGER TELEGRAM, TIKTOK, WHATSAPP, AN YOUTUBE. THESE PLATFORM WERE INCITING VIOLENCE NOW SURROUNDED BY POLICE AND PROTESTERS AS THEY SAY THE COULD BE ARRESTED AT ANY TIME. THE SUPPORTERS SAY HE'S THE VICTIM OF POLITICAL PROSECUTION, DESIGNED TO PREVENT HIM FROM RUNNING AGAINST THE CURRENT PRESIDENT. THE GOVERNMENT HAS EJECTED THE ACCUSATIONS AND THE CASE AGAINST THEM POLITICALLY MOTIVATED THE ARMY NOW CALLING IN TO WIN. WHICH QUIETED TODAY, BUT THE BROKEN GLASS IS STILL A BI PRESENT REMINDER OF THE UNREST BUT SENEGAL HA LONG BEEN CONSIDERED ONE O AFRICA'S STRONGEST DEMOCRACY BUT SINCE THE TRIAL AND FEARS OF THE PRESIDENT MAY TRY TO BYPAS THE TWO-TIME PRESIDENTIA LIMITS, THEY HAVE LED TO MONTH OF PROTEST, CULMINATING IN ONE OF THE DEADLIEST DAYS OF VIOLENCE IN THE COUNTRY' HISTORY. AND THE FEAR IS THAT THE VIOLENCE
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Length: 2min 52sec (172 seconds)
Published: Fri Jun 02 2023
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