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Momodou
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 Posted - 07 Sep 2006 : 00:08:17
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RED CROSS MEMBER KILLED BY MINE IN CASAMANCE
By Baboucarr Ceesay
A regional delegate of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Mrs. Fournier, died on Friday 1st September 2006, by accident. Her service vehicle ran on a mine between the village of Tendine and Leufeu, in the district of Sindian.
The accident took place around 12.00 pm where delegates, in company of two of her colleagues, went into the zone to attend a meeting of the displaced population and returned to the fold to enquire about their needs for possible support to bring to them, indicated a source close to the international NGO. The source indicated that two colleagues of Mrs. Fournier had contusions on the level of the face and their driver, a Senegalese, had fractures on the level of the front arm lever and leg. The casualties as well as the body of the deceased were evacuated to the regional hospital of Ziguinchor. The accident took place at a time when the district of Sindian witnessed a recrudescence of violence with bloody confrontations since several months with the factions of MFDC. Sources disclosed that the national army of Senegal is now spread in some parts of the district to standby.
Source: Foroyaa Newspaper Burning Issue
Issue No. 74/2006, 6-7 September, 2006
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