Momodou,
Beldam shop at Imam Omar Sowe was also looted .

Momodou Camara wrote:

> Curfew Imposed To Stem Anti-Senegalese Violence
>
> http://allafrica.com/stories/200306090001.html
>
> The Independent (Banjul)
> NEWS
> June 9, 2003
> Posted to the web June 9, 2003
> Banjul
>
> The Gambia government Sunday imposed a 7pm to 6am countrywide curfew to stem
> rising anti-Senegalese violence across the country. The curfew came after a day
> of looting and attacks on Senegalese nationals and properties in the country.
>
> Sunday's violence was a reaction to violent attacks upon Gambian players and
> fans attending the African Nations Cup qualifying match between the two
> countries by Senegalese football hooligans on Saturday. The match, played in
> the Senegalese capital Dakar, ended 3-1 in favor of the hosts. Senegalese fans
> however unleashed an orgy of violence on the visiting Gambian players and
> supporters, beating them up, smashing car windows and pelting them with stones
> and other missiles. The attacks resulted in the hospitalization of some
> Gambians.
>
> The Independent, whose sports reporter Namory Trawally was himself a victim of
> the violence, could not confirm reports that some Gambians were killed in the
> attacks. Another journalist, Essa Jallow formerly of the GRTS but now with West
> Coast FM radio, also suffered from the attacks. Senegalese security personnel,
> who were accused of siding with their rowdy fans, reportedly beat up Gambian
> player Dawda Bah.
>
> News of the bad treatment meted to the Gambians in Dakar drew crowds of angry
> youths into the streets of Banjul, Serekunda and Farafenni Sunday morning and
> led to the massive vandalisation of Senegalese owned businesses, attacks on
> Senegalese nationals and widespread looting of shops. Angry youths set up
> roadblocks in the Greater Banjul area asking passengers for their ID cards and
> beating up all persons identified as Senegalese nationals. One unfortunate
> Senegalese national was pulled out of a car in Talinding and beaten to death.
> In Latrikunda and Bundung, angry youths set fire to the compounds of two
> Senegalese families. An unspecified number of cars belonging to Senegalese were
> burnt to ashes around the Greater Banjul area. Marauding groups of angry youths
> conducted house-to-house searches for Senegalese nationals and those found were
> seriously beaten.
>
> The greatest destruction happened in the markets. Groups of angry youths
> attacked Senegalese shops at Serekunda, Latrikunda, Tabokoto, Bakoteh,
> Farafenni and Banjul markets, ransacking and looting goods. The popular weekly
> Sunday market day (Lumo) in Farafenni was cancelled as a result of the
> violence. Among the major businesses looted in the Greater Banjul Area were
> Touba Workshop, World Mobile Heavens, a Senegalese owned mobile phone retail
> outfit on Foday Sillah Drive, Westfield and Mobile Heavens owned by former GRTS
> director Tombong Saidy. The looting went on until around 5pm when the National
> Guard was able to bring the situation under control. By sunset Sunday, the
> situation was tense but calm. Schools around the country will remain closed on
> Monday.
>
> The treatment of the Gambians in Dakar was in sharp contrast to how the
> Senegalese were treated when they played the Scorpions in Banjul several weeks
> ago. The Senegalese visitors were given tight security and not a single
> incidence of violence was reported. Some observers say the violence in Dakar
> was partly an expression of rising anti-Gambian sentiment in Senegal resulting
> from the Gambia government's alleged support to Senegalese separatists in the
> southern region of Casamance.
>
> Copyright © 2003 The Independent. All rights reserved. Distributed by AllAfrica
> Global Media (allAfrica.com).
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