Chad opposition leader Yaya Dillo killed, prosecutor says

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N’DJAMENA — Chadian opposition politician Yaya Dillo was killed on Wednesday during an exchange of fire with security forces, prosecutor Oumar Mahamat Kedelaye said in a press conference on Thursday.

Heavy gunfire had been heard on Wednesday in the capital N’Djamena near the headquarters of Dillo’s opposition party, a Reuters witness said, after several people were killed in earlier clashes near the country’s internal security agency building.

The violence flared amid tensions ahead of a presidential election set for May and June that could return the Central African state to constitutional rule three years after military authorities seized power.

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On Thursday morning, calm had returned to the capital and residents were returning to work, though internet access, which was blocked a day earlier, had still not been restored, the Reuters witness said. – Reuters

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