Gambia-L: The e-mail below came from a concerned Gambian yesterday, but I am sending it now because it has now been confirmed. Ebrima Ceesay >To: ebrima ceesay <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Casualty in the State Guards >Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 15:36:55 +0000 > >Dear all, >I would like to post this hot news on the Gambia -L but due to >constrains I will not risk it. > >The assertion by Ebou Colley that the heavy weapons Yaya packed at >Kanilai and State House for his personal use albeit the fact that >anytime they want to use them, they will face dire consequences have >been proven right. Ebou is a real prophet of doom and his words should >be seriously considered and trusted. > >In the early hours of this morning, state guards plus Guinea Bissau >commando's guarding Yaya at Kanilai were having a training/testing >session at Polodi range near Farafenni, they accidentally blue >themselves up. Two died on the spot and my understanding is another died >en route to Banjul. The two are a 22 year old chap from Lamin >forgot the name and a Guinea Bissau commando called Loui Inlolu >(spelling may be wrong). several other people were seriously injured >including the guard commander modou Njie with multiple injuries, Vincent >Gomez and many others whose names I could not catch up. Five ambulances >left for Banjul carrying just the injured. Several others are admitted >at the Farafenni General hospital including one Lt Colonel Malang Jassey >from Guinea Bissau and another Bissau man called Albino. Yaya phoned the >hospital warning the staff that they should not talk to any journalists >under no circumstance. > >Shrapnel from the explosion travelled over a kilometre to a near by >village Samba Soto injuring a couple of civilians, one of them on the >neck. > >I guess that is all I have to tell you. You can find out more if you >have a reliable source of contact. PLEASE DO NOT QUOTE ME UNDER ANY >CIRCUMSTANCE. This is just for information and if anything, just advice >Yaya to do things right and that way he may not even need all these >weapons for his personal security. > >Thanks. > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------