Several people were wounded on Wednesday when followers of rival presidential candidates clashed in Farafenni, central Gambia, news organisations reported.
Supporters of President Yaya Jammeh, candidate of the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) and the United Democratic Party (UDP)'s Ousainou Darboe blamed each other for the fighting.
Police reported that about eight similar clashes had taken place across the country between the two parties between 26 September, when the electoral campaign started, and Tuesday, BBC said. Three other candidates are participating in the 18 October polls but Darboe is considered Jammeh's main opponent.
Meanwhile, opposition politician Omar Jallow, arrested on Monday along with seven others for assaulting an APRC local party leader, was released on bail on Wednesday so that he could continue campaigning. Jallow's People's Progress Party is part of a coalition spearheaded by Darboe's UDP.
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