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A military contingent surrounded the home of a Togolese opposition leader early on Friday, journalists said, a day after the opposition called for results handing the presidential election to the ruling party to be overturned. Soldiers advised reporters to stay away from Jean-Pierre Fabre’s home in the capital Lomé, and refused to say why they were there.

Togo slid deeper into civil conflict on Wednesday when at least six people were killed and dozens injured in clashes sparked by rival claims of victory in the weekend presidential elections. Opposition supporters wielded machetes against security forces in the capital, Lomé, as their leader, Emmanuel Akitani-Bob, denounced the poll as fraudulent and declared himself president.