>From: george sarr <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: A Missing Penis...(Observer Story) >Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 04:00:48 -0400 > >This is absurd! If this blindman has such powers, why can't he fix his >doggone eyes, and leave that man's property alone. Eh! Which newspaper >printed this crap? Oh, it's that ragtag bunch of misfits (Daily Observer). >Yuk! ..........tres bizzarre > > > >Ousman Gajigo <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > > >I saw this story on yesterday's (Tuesday) Daily Observer. I must confess I > >have heard stories like this but for some reason (I don't know what), > >reading it in a newspaper is just...hilarious. See for yourself. > > > >Blindman escapes mob justice for allege penis snatching > > > >Sheikh Omar Bah, 25, a blind Senegalese from Kaolack, escaped mob justice > >after being accused of snatching one Mohamed Touray's penis at Ebo Town last > >Wednesday. Mohamed said the incident happened while he was on his way to the > >market. He added that he met with the blindman about 600 metres away from > >his compound while he (the blindman) was attempting to cross the Kombo > >Sillah Highway. “I tried to assist by directing him to cross the highway. He > >later shook my hand and prayed for me. But few minutes later I realised that > >my penis had disappeared and I ran towards him accusing him of being > >responsible for my missing ‘leg’ > > > >At first he denied but later confessed to have done the act. He (the > >blindman) then requested for water to perfrom a ritual in order to replace > >my missing penis which he succeeded in doing,” Mohamed said. The incident > >brought a large crowd in the compound and people waiting angrily to take the > >law into their hands. The said blindman was rescued by a police officer, P C > >Darboe of Tallinding Police Station. > > > >When asked why he did what he did, he retorted that he needed money to use > >as he had been in the country since Tobaski. One Ebrima Jabbie among the > >angry crowd said he was disappointed and urged lawmakers to take immediate > >action against such people or else they would take jungle justice to them. > >Both Mohamed and the blindman together with the boy's family were taken to > >the Tallinding Police Station for further questioning. > > > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > >Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.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 > >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: > >[log in to unmask] > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > >__________________________________________________________________ >Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ > >Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.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 >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~