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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 PLEASE DO NOT QUOTE ME UNDER ANY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.
>

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