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29 December 2011<\/span> Last updated at<\/span> 09:39 GMT<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"BarthelemyBarthelemy Dias is his party’s youth leader and a mayor of a district in the capital<\/span><\/div>\n

A leading member of Senegal’s opposition Socialist Party has been arrested on murder charges after a man was shot dead during recent political clashes, his lawyers say.<\/p>\n

Barthelemy Dias says he fired his guns in self-defence after his office was attacked by ruling party activists.<\/p>\n

The death has raised tension ahead of February’s presidential election.<\/p>\n

Senegal is normally seen as one of West Africa’s most stable and democratic countries.<\/p>\n

It is the only country in the region never to have experienced a military coup.<\/p>\n

Mr Dias, PS youth leader and mayor of a district in the capital, Dakar, says his town hall came under attack from supporters of President Abdoulaye Wade’s Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) on 22 December.<\/p>\n

Video of him repeatedly firing two pistols has been widely aired in the Senegalese media.<\/p>\n

“Barthelemy Dias has been remanded in custody on three charges: murder; assault and battery, and illegal possession of firearms,” his lawyer El Hadj Diouf said, Reuters news agency reports.<\/p>\n

One of Mr Dias’ bodyguards has also been detained, the lawyer said.<\/p>\n

A recent upsurge in violence in the southern Casamance area has also been linked to the forthcoming elections.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, the army confirmed that five soldiers had been kidnapped by the region’s MFDC rebels, according to the AFP news agency.<\/p>\n

The Socialist Party (PS) governed from independence in 1960 until Abdoulaye Wade won elections in 2000.<\/p>\n

Mr Wade, 85, is seeking a third term in February, despite opposition claims his bid is unconstitutional.<\/p>\n

Presidents are only allowed two terms in office but Mr Wade says this only applies to elections held since a new constitution was introduced in 2001.<\/p>\n

In June, he dropped plans to change the constitution followed widespread protests from opposition groups who accused him of grooming his son, Karim, to succeed him.<\/p>\n

If his candidacy is confirmed, he is likely to face challenges from several opposition parties.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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