Two dead in Guinea pre-poll violence

At least two people were killed and a score hurt in clashes between rival political parties ahead of Guinea’s presidential election Sunday, the head of the gendarmerie said.

The clashes near the city’s large Madina market Thursday between supporters of incumbent President Alpha Conde, and leading opposition rival Cellou Dalein Diallo, left two dead, General Ibrahima Balde, the gendarmerie chief-of-staff, told AFP. Interior Minister Mahmoud Cisse meanwhile cited hospital sources as saying one person had died and 20 had been injured, while a security source speaking on <g data-gr-id="12">condiiton</g> of anonymity said “two to three people died”.

The minister appealed for calm and warned that “no threat to public order will be tolerated.”