source: Africa 1; EnQuete Plus; AFP; Sud Quotidien (Senegal); Sen360
actor1: Rioters (Senegal)
actor2: Police Forces of Senegal (2012-)
location: Dakar
notes: On 8 March 2021, thousands of supporters of the PASTEF (opposition) party demonstrated in several neighborhoods of Dakar city (Dakar Plateau, Dakar) against the arrest of their party's leader. In Parcelles Assainies neighborhood, the demonstrators burned tires on roads, and the police forces intervened and shot and killed one demonstrator. In other neighborhoods, the demonstrators threw stones at the police forces who replied with tear gas. [size=thousands]