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SENEGAL: Villagers mutilated by armed men in Casamance Friday, May 09, 2008 Armed
men claiming to represent the rebel group Movement of Democratic Forces
of Casamance (MFDC) attacked twenty villagers from Tampe 15 km east of
the regional capital Ziguinchor on 7 May and hacked each of their left
ears with machetes, according to the victims and the Senegalese army. Malang Sane, one of the victims, said he and his companions were collecting cashew nuts in the forest when approximately 20 armed men approached them and started to attack them. He is currently receiving treatment at the regional hospital in Ziguinchor alongside the other victims. Antoine Diamacoune, the head of the MFDC faction at Kassolol on the Guinea-Bissau border, condemned the “brutal” act, but did not state whether or not the MFDC claimed responsibility. According to another victim, Dominique Mendy, who was also mutilated during the incident, the attackers gave them an order to stop collecting cashew nuts in future if they did not want to face further attacks. Colonel Ousmane Sarr, Director of Public Relations at the Senegalese army (DIRPA), said a lack of communication between the local population and the army was partly to blame for the incident. “We used to accompany people when went to collect cashews in this area, but this time the villagers did not inform us about where they were going,” he said, assuring that the Senegalese army will reinforce its troop presence and surveillance activities in the area. In Ziguinchor, people voiced concern about a new cycle of violence that is hitting the region after a relatively calm year in 2007. Since the beginning of the year there have been three landmine incidents, the latest killing a man and wounding several others north of Ziguinchor. Prior to this, on 28 February 100 men ambushed vehicle passengers north of Ziguinchor. A representative from an international donor said he is concerned that the lack of progress on instigating a dialogue between the government of Senegal and the MFDC forces could act as a catalyst for more violence in the future. Source: IRIN NEWS http://irinnews.org Commentsmuhammed lamin koneh - Finland, Europe Monday, May 12, 2008 5:25 AM this is sad i wish those invonved a better and quick recovery Lamin - New Hampshire, United States Tuesday, May 13, 2008 6:49 AM I think it's a pity that we African keep killing each other like an animals, but even the Animals don't kil now in this wonderfull world.
So please we Africans let's try to live like humans, the world has past that stage now people are awhere now let's put donw our Guns and think of how to upgreat our living situation.We all know that we don't need this kind of live.If you travel around the world you can see that people around the other part of the world are seriously thinking of something else but definatly killing that is completely out of site.Let's seat down and think of how to use our brain in other to bring progress in Africa.African leaders please stop treating your people bad and start treating them with respect because even if you have money and power but withouit people you're nothing you must understand that,you're not in power to rule Animals you're there to rule people, so if you kil all of them then who're you going to rul, in Africa we're all from the same mother and father.one thing you must understand is that if you keep killing people just because of your selfish interest then the almighty God will never be happy with you, and you will never have peace in your live time no matter how much money you have.I will always pray to allah the Almighty God to give us the thinking capacity so we can stop all this kind of nasty activities. God Beless Africa nad the whole world.If i hurt anybody's feeling please i'm sorry but this is the fact that eveyone of us should know that my Brothers and Sisters.
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