DAKAR, June 20 (APS) – The Senegalese authorities has reiterated its name for calm and restraint following a dispute between two communities in Madina Gounas, a non secular city within the Vélingara division within the Kolda area (south), guaranteeing that it ‘stays’ ‘implacable in opposition to miscreants, no matter which aspect they belong to’.
“The federal government reiterates its name for calm and restraint with a purpose to safeguard social peace; however it’ll stay agency in opposition to rioters, no matter which aspect they belong to,” signifies a press launch from the Ministry of the Inside and Public Safety obtained by APS.
The individual in control of the Ministry of Faith reminds that “this Monday, June 17, 2024, critical incidents occurred between two communities within the non secular city of Medina Gounas, within the Velingara division, Kolda area.”
He expressed remorse that sadly one individual died and about twenty folks have been injured because of this tragic state of affairs.
The Authorities pays its respects to the reminiscence of the deceased and expresses the nation’s condolences to the bereaved households and the 2 Caliphs.
The press launch mentioned the injured have been effectively cared for on the Madina Gounas Well being Centre and the Tambacounda Regional Hospital Centre, with lots of them having already returned house.
In view of that, the textual content underlines, the State has taken all helpful and vital measures to ensure safety and good order within the non secular metropolis of Medina Gounas.
To this finish, arrests have been made and investigations have been ordered, in order that the regulation might be enforced in its full rigour, the Inside Ministry knowledgeable.
Arriving within the non secular metropolis the day after the clashes, Inside Minister Jean-Baptiste Tine met with the Caliphate generals of Medina Gounas, Thierno Amadou Tidiane Ba and Fouladou, Thierno Mounirou Baldé.
Mr. Tine pressured that following these incidents, an investigation might be launched and a gathering might be held with the 2 non secular guides “very quickly” in Dakar to discover a definitive answer to the dispute between the 2 communities.
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