APRC militants beat up health
                               centre guard

                 Around 8.30pm Saturday, four men believed to be militants
of the
                 APRC, clashed with some staff of the Brikama Health Centre,
                 beating up one. According to eye-witnesses, four men on
board a
                 vehicle number GG 2633, took a pregnant woman, Mariam
                 Manneh, to the health centre for delivery.

                 As the woman was being taken into the labour room by the
                 nurses, the four men tried to enter the room but were
stopped. The
                 nurses and a guard told them only the health centre staff
were
                 authorised to enter the labour room. "But the four
militants tried to
                 force themselves in, which resulted to a push and pull
between
                 them and the health centre staff.

                 In the process, Madi Ceesay, a senior security guard at the
health
                 centre was beaten by the four men," an eye-witness said.
Madi
                 Ceesay was reported to have sustained bruises on his body.
                 Efforts to talk to him were unsuccessful. An officer at the
Brikama
                 police confirmed the story but declined to comment saying,
"it is
                 too early to comment."
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