CASUALTY IN THE STATE GUARDDear Readers,The under-posted text was sent to me last night for publication in the G-L. I don’t necessarily know the sender, but he appealed to have his identity hidden. He works in the medical field in the Gambia. There were few other List members he also posted the information for distribution. Here it is unedited.Yaya must go by all means!Ebou Colly 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 dead 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 traveled over a kilometer 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 PLEASE DO NOT QUOTE ME UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE.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. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------