The prisoners insisted their protest was peaceful but that security forces deployed to quell it opened fire.

Some speculate that El Malick Ndiaye stepped down so that ousted-PM Ousmane Sonko can take his place.

Officers forced their way into the building days after the party vowed to defy a court ruling removing its leaders.

The 43-year-old police officer and mother of three serves as the team's payload scientist.

The 39-year-old was fatally injured at a shoal off the Cassowary Coast in Queensland, apparently while spearfishing.

Officials say the train had been transporting military personnel home for Eid when it was attacked by armed separatists.