location: Lome
notes: Five people were shot and injured on Thursday as gangs of youths and the security forces clashed sporadically in Togo's capital Lome, ahead of a planned opposition protest that the government has ruled illegal. The streets were largely deserted ahead of the rally, which the opposition coalition has refused to cancel despite a government ban on weekday marches on security grounds. Opposition spoke about 3 dead and 44 wounded.
target_text: location: Lome, fatalities: 3