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). > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 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 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~