/ 1 February 2001

POLICE BULLET KILLS STUDENT IN SENEGAL

A SENEGALESE student has died after being shot in a clash between demonstrators and police near a university in Dakar. Several sources confirmed the student’s death without stating the cause, while university and government sources declined to comment. The students, who have been on strike for three weeks demanding lower food and lodging bills and broader financial support, torched a bus and burned tires outside the campus of Sheikh Anta Diop University. – AFP