I join the others online in expressing sorrow on the
death of a vunerable student. What on earth is going
on? I can't think of anywhere in the democratic world
where fire fighters form part of a school's
discilpinary committee. A problem in school, i believe
should be solved within the education system and not
by some brutal fighters.
When is all these brutality going to end? I just hope
that,the people responsible for Ebrima's death are
charged with murder and not just suspended from work.
God bless our nation.
Adama
--- alfusainey bah <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> The fire officers actions was utterly heinous and i
> would like to know what
> they were doing in the school in the first place.
> Why was the the police not
> called and where was Mr Foster, the headmaster or
> his deputy? The school
> administrators should have been in the classroom
> fixing the problem.
> The officers responsible for this child's death need
> to be brought to
> justice.
> God Bless and Peace Be Upon All.
> Alasana Bah
>
> >From: Momodou Camara <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing
> list
> ><[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: STUDENT BEATEN TO DEATH
> >Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 14:23:02 +0100
> >
> >Gambia-l,
> >Are the Fire Service personnel now doing the duties
> of the Police
> >Force?
> >The following story is from today's issue of
> Observer at
> >www.qanet.gm.
> >
> >My condolences to the family of this student.
> >
> >I understand that Tombong Saidy is a member of the
> executive of
> >Amnesty International in The Gambia. Tombong, what
> are you
> >doing about such violations?
> >
> >Momodou Camara
> >
> >The Daily Observer Published Sunday, 12 March, 2000
> >
> >
> > STUDENT BEATEN TO DEATH
> >
> >Ebrima Barry, 19, a grade 10 student of Forster's
> Senior
> >Secondary School in Brikama died on Thursday March
> 9, following
> >torture by personnel of the Brikama Fire Service
> station.
> >
> >Ebrima Barry, a resident of Brikama was said to
> have been
> >arrested on Wednesday March 8, whilst in school by
> some
> >personnel of the Brikama Fire Service, after he was
> said to have
> >failed to comply with sitting arrangements in his
> class.
> >
> >Ebrima Barry was reportedly arrested following a
> complaint filed by
> >one of his teachers Mr Paul, that Ebrima Barry
> failed to comply
> >with his instruction.
> >
> >Talking to the Daily Observer, Botto Sanneh, Ebrima
> Barry's
> >mother said while she was sitting on her verandah,
> Ebrima came
> >shivering with his head covered.
> >
> >She said she then followed Ebrima Barry into the
> room, where
> >Ebrima told her of the maltreatment inflicted on
> him by some Fire
> >Service personnel.
> >
> >She said Ebrima Barry told her that the fire
> service personnel
> >ordered him to carry 60 bags of cement, which he
> did. He said they
> >later took his shirt off, poured water on him and
> started beating
> >him. They kicked him and stuffed cement in his
> month and asked
> >him to swallow it," Mrs Sanneh alleged. She said
> her son died as
> >a result of the alleged torture inflicted on him by
> the Fire Service
> >personnel.
> >
> >Alieu Barry, Ebrima Barry's father said that when
> he visited the
> >Brikama Fire Service station to look for his son
> after he was told
> >that the son was there, "a top Fire Service
> official said my son was
> >rude, because he insulted his teacher. The
> official told me they
> >would instil discipline in Ebrima Barry and shave
> his hair."
> >
> >Alieu Barry said he appealed to the teacher, Mr
> Paul, a Sierra
> >Leonean to exercise mercy on his son who was
> suspended for
> >three weeks. He said the suspension was later
> reduced to one
> >week.
> >
> >When contacted, Mr Colley, the station officer at
> Brikama Fire
> >Service said "I am not in the position to comment
> on the story. I
> >was not present at the time of the incident."
> >
> >Asked who were the fire personnel who witnessed the
> incident, Mr
> >Colley said he doesn't know. He referred our
> reporters to the
> >Officer Commanding at Bundung Police Station, who
> could not be
> >reached for comments.
> >
> >A police spokesman at Brikama Police station said a
> team of detectives from
> >Brikama station were deployed to the Brikama Fire
> Service station to
> >investigate the death of Ebrima Barry.
> >
> >According to our source, Ebrima Barry filed a
> complaint at the Brikama
> >Police station shortly after he was assaulted by
> the Fire Service
> >personnel.
> >
> >Our sources said Ebrima died at the Brikama Health
> Centre. He was escorted
> >to the health centre by a police officer.
> >
> >A source close to the Barry family said "this is an
> act of barbarism. The
> >murderers of Ebrima Barry should not be allowed to
> go scot free. They have
> >taken the law into their own hands and they should
> be brought to book.
> > Law enforcement agents are not expected to take
> the law into their own
> >hands with impunity."
> >
> >Students protest
> >
> >Meanwhile, on Friday, some angry students of
> Forster's Senior
> >Secondary School stormed the Brikama Fire Station
> in protest,
> >following the death of their colleague Ebrima
> Barry. The protesting
> >students were holding banners and placards.
> >
> >A contingent of the Police Intervention Unit, was
> quickly deployed
> >to the Fire Service Station to disperse the
> protesting students.
> >
> >The principal, Mr Forster could not be reached for
> comments.
> >
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