Protests and clashes between police and Sonko supporters break out in the Senegalese town of Ziguinchor, the day before 48-year-old Ousmane Sonko is scheduled to appear in court. The opposition politican is facing trial for the alleged rape of an employee at a beauty salon where he went for a massage. One policeman has died in the protests, crushed by one of the armoured vehicles, according to the police. "We are here today to defend the Senegalese democracy. To show the world that Ousmane Sonko cannot be Macky Sall's sacrificial lamb," says protester and Kafoutine's mayor David Diatta: IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES