Autopsy shows dead Senegal student suffered multiple traumas

A Senegalese student who died during a university police intervention that shook the nation suffered “multiple traumas” and “massive internal bleeding”, according to an autopsy report circulated widely in Senegalese media.

Medical student Abdoulaye Ba died on the campus of Cheikh Anta Diop University (UCAD) in the capital Dakar a week ago during the unrest, in circumstances that remain unclear.

The police action followed several days of…