source: Africa 1; AFP; Reuters; Agence de Presse Senegalaise; Sud Quotidien (Senegal); RFI; EnQuete Plus; Sen360
actor1: Rioters (Senegal)
actor2: Police Forces of Senegal (2012-)
location: Dakar
notes: On 4 March 2021, supporters of the PASTEF (opposition) party, including students of Cheick Anta Diop University, demonstrated for the second day in a row in Dakar city (Dakar Plateau, Dakar) against the arrest of their party's leader. They threw stones at the court's building in Guediawaye neighborhood, and clashed with the police forces who fired tear gas to disperse them. Several demonstrators were arrested, and a police intervention vehicle severely damaged, and shops looted. The demonstrators also attacked and partly destroyed governmental newspaper office, and a radio station, and burned down the Parcelles Assainies commune city hall. [size=no report]