(1 Feb 2012)
++ NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Wide of burning tyres, barricades on street and protesters throwing rocks
2. Pull back from burning tyres in street to riot police moving in huddle, AUDIO: Gunfire
3. Riot police on back of truck with protesters in background throwing rocks
4. Mid of protesters carrying injured woman into clinic
5. Close-up of burning tyre on ground, with mosque in background during call to prayer
6. Wide of protester kneeling before police officers, zoom in as he walks away, AUDIO: Gunshot
++ DAY SHOTS ++
7. Police observing crowd gathering
8. SOUNDBITE (French) Fatma Gakan, Youth leader and protester:
"(Wade) doesn't have the right to present himself. If Abdoulaye Wade is here, the elections will not take place, God willing."
9. SOUNDBITE (French) Ousmane Mey, Socialist Party member and protester:
"You see a man of his age and also the international laws that Senegal has ratified, and also what is in the constitution. It limits him to two terms and he said himself that he could not present himself again. We can't understand why the constitutional council validated his candidacy."
10. Protesters running away from police
STORYLINE:
Police in Senegal used tear gas to disperse a large crowd of protesters angry at a court ruling allowing the nation's elderly leader to run for another term.
At least one person was killed in Tuesday's clashes in the west African nation's capital, Dakar.
A local radio station, RFM, said a man was run over by the police's armoured personnel carrier.
An Associated Press reporter saw the young man fall to the ground after the vehicle forced its way through the knot of protesters.
Police launched their assault after protesters began chanting "Palace! Palace!", indicating that they planned to march on the presidential palace.
Hundreds had gathered to protest against a ruling by the country's top legal body, the constitutional council, which validated President Abdoulaye Wade's bid to run for another term in next month's election.
The 85-year-old Wade is seeking a third term, even though the constitution was revised soon after he was elected in 2000 to impose a two-term limit.
Ousmane Mey, a member of the country's Socialist Party member said: "You see a man of his age and also the international laws that Senegal has ratified. We can't understand why the constitutional council validated his candidacy."
Wade argues that the law is not retroactive, and since he was already in office when it took effect, it should not apply to him.
Clouds of tear gas hung over several neighbourhoods in Dakar on Tuesday. Burning tires could be seen at regular intervals, as well as overturned market tables.
Besides the death of the young man, AP reporters saw four injured civilians, who were taken away on stretchers by emergency responders.
Senegal has historically been the most peaceful nation in West Africa, a region that has been periodically rocked by military coups.
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