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Summary Dozens were injured when Senegal police fired tear gas on protesters outside a mosque.
Hundreds gathered Sunday outside the mosque as religious leaders met to discuss a Friday incident in which police used grenade launchers to throw volleys of tear gas down the wide boulevard, at one point hitting the mosque. Young men outside threw rocks at the police on Sunday, prompting them to fire tear gas.Sunday marks the fifth straight day of protests ahead of next weeks critical election, which pits the countrys 85-year-old president against a young opposition demanding his departure.The increasingly tense atmosphere on the ground has many concerned that there may be unrest if President Abdoulaye Wade is declared the winner of the vote.
