DJIBOUTI, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Djibouti detained three leading opposition politicians on Saturday, its chief prosecutor said, in a move to quash opposition protests triggered by a wave of political unrest sweeping through the Middle East.
Earlier, anti-government demonstrators clashed for a second day with riot police who used teargas to disperse the crowds demanding the tiny Horn of Africa state's president step down, buoyed by events in Egypt and Tunisia.
State Prosecutor Djama Souleiman said Aden Robleh, Mohamed Daoud and Ismail Guedi had been placed under police custody. Military police patrolled the city's suburbs in heavy numbers.
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