Chad opposition leader Yaya Dillo killed on Wednesday, prosecutor says

Chadian opposition politician Yaya Dillo was killed on Wednesday during an exchange of fire with security forces, prosecutor Oumar Mahamat Kedelaye said.

Heavy gunfire had been heard on Wednesday in the capital N'Djamena near the headquarters of his opposition party, a Reuters witness said, after several people were killed in earlier clashes near the country's internal security agency building.