Chadian opponent Yaya Dillo was killed on Wednesday during an exchange of fire with security forces, prosecutor Oumar Mahamat Kedelaye said at a press conference on Thursday.
Heavy gunfire was heard on Wednesday in the capital N'Djamena near the headquarters of its opposition party, a witness told Reuters, after several people were killed in earlier clashes near the government building. the country's internal security agency.
The violence erupted amid tensions ahead of a presidential election scheduled for May and June, which could return the Central African state to constitutional rule three years after military authorities took power.
By Thursday morning, calm had returned to the capital and residents were returning to work, although Internet access, which had been blocked the day before, had still not been restored, the Reuters witness said.