Polish president Karol Nawrocki turned back his plane en route to Senegal on Friday as the country’s top court was thrown into chaos after its president was suspended.

Police and protesters clashed outside the Constitutional Tribunal in Warsaw after the government suspended its two senior justices and moved to bring criminal charges against them. Reports suggest riot police were deployed on Friday evening as demonstrators supporting the Law and Order (PiS) party, who oppose the government, threw objects at officers.

"At a moment like this, the President must be in Poland . I am cutting short my flight to Senegal.…