Former Madagascar president Marc Ravalomanana said he had sustained a leg injury on Saturday when police and soldiers fired teargas to disperse a gathering of his supporters and those of other candidates challenging the incumbent president.
The Indian Ocean island is hoping for its third peaceful election since the upheaval of 2009 when incumbent president Andry Rajoelina ousted Ravalomanana in a coup.
Ravalomanana, who is among 11 candidates cleared to challenge Rajoelina in elections set for Nov. 9, showed on his Facebook page a photo of an injury on his left leg with blood dripping from it.
It was not immediately clear what specifically caused the injury.
Madagascar presidential candidate injured after opposition rally teargassed
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