I guess Samba Faal and other members of his government and the authorities in Senegal can tell us why they lied that their were no deaths. Please read on. Two Reported Killed in Border Clash, Gov't Blamed for "Concealing the Truth" The Independent (Banjul) June 13, 2003 Posted to the web June 13, 2003 Banjul Unconfirmed reports reaching The Independent suggest that two Gambian football fans were shot and killed by Senegalese during a fight that ensued at the border villages of Karang and Amdalaye as part of the ongoing tension between peoples of the two countries following riotous scenes in Dakar during and after the Scorpions-Lions match. Enraged Gambian eyewitnesses stormed the office of The Independent Wednesday to accused the Gambian authorities of "trying to cover up the facts" about the deaths of two fans in the hands of the Senegalese. They maintained that the nation was being deceived by the government over what happened on Saturday. The government has denied that there were any deaths following the Dakar incident, which sparked riotous scenes in Banjul its surrounding suburbs and Farafenni. The government's alleged reluctance "to reveal the truth" was reportedly aimed at dousing the flames of Gambian anger and anti-Senegalese sentiments and restore calm and normalcy. According to them, the incident involving the two Gambian fans happened at about 11 O' Clock on Saturday, and that their corpses were ferried in to the country by a GPTC School bus, registered as KM 9644 and the driver identified as Adama Ndure. One of the eyewitnesses who is a girl student at Muslim Senior Secondary School, had shown injuries to her body she claimed she sustained from gunshots. She told The Independent that one of the victims was residing in Bakau and she was part of the bus convoy that ferried the bodies into the country. "We are disappointed that the authorities would conceal this from the nation", they said, expressing fear of the fate of two others (a boy and a girl) who were also fatally injured. She said judging by their injuries, which they sustained from the Dakar rampage, it was possible that they may have died in Dakar. Meanwhile, The Independent has reliably learnt that the Gambian convoy had three hours delay in Karang when they were crossing into Senegal between 12 and 3 o' clock on Friday night. This was reportedly due to the fact that the Senegalese Custom officials were demanding the payment of lessez passes from all Gambian vehicles crossing into Senegal at the time. Reports also confirmed that the post-match situation in Dakar was calm until Sunday when there was no reported attack on Gambians in Dakar. _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~