(JollofNews) – A Gambian father in his 50s and his two children were Thursday killed in a mine explosion in Foni Jarrol District, West Coast Region, officials say.
Jonkong Sanneh and his two children – Yahya and Sheikh Omar Sanneh of Foni Wassadou, were out collecting wood near Fass Chabai village around 8:30am when they stepped on the landmine.
All three family members are reported to have been killed on the spot by the huge explosion.
Their remains were recovered by villagers who transported them to Sulayman Junkung Jammeh General Hospital in Bwiam for medical examination.
Lamin Faye, a nurse at Kalagi Health Centre, told the independent Point newspaper that the bodies will be returned to their relatives in Wassadou for proper burial once the medical examination is complete.
What that evil is that ? Placing landmines around innocent villages just to kill innocent people.
Ominous
May the deceased be granted Allah’s (SWT) Mercy. What a terrible tragedy ! Who could possibly have mined that area ? Is it possible that the area is a mine field ? I hope authorities take swift measures to seek assistance to assess the situation in that part of the country. My gut feelings says, it’s Yaya Jammeh’s handiwork and so, there are more in the area and environs.
Bax, why do you have such a gut feeling? Sometimes one has to think outside the box, anybody can do this cowardly move, and they know that Yahya will get the blame, the locals must have seen some kind of movements in their area, start from there first.
That will be where the bodies are
An innocent occupation leading to an unexpected outcome. This is not the first mine to kill in Gambia.
Where is the sense?
I have written so many messages of condolences over the years/ God bless those who lost there lives/Your toils are over Rest in Perfect peace.
When will all this end ? How could Gambia go so wrong?
UDP’S LEADERSHIP AND PARTY MILITANTS UNDECLSRED WAR AGAINST THE JOLA. WHICH NEXT OTHER TRIBE NEXT?
Unfortunately, UDP’S LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORTERS ARE JUST AS HAPPY TO BLOODY ANYONE WHO THEY PERCEIVE TO SUPPORTS APRC, ESPECIALLY, THE JOLAS WHO THEY ERRONEOUSLY CLAIM TO BE “ENABLERS OF FORMER PRESIDENT YAYA JAMMEH”. IN JUST THREE MONTHS OR LESS, A JOLA INNOCENT WOMAN WAS ORDERED ARRESTED BY MSI FATTY FOR ALLEGEDLY INSULTING PRESIDENT BARROW. THE KAFENDA JOLAS WERE ORDERED ARRESTED AGAIN BY MAI FATTY FOR ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTING UDP REGIME SUPPORTERS. JUST THIS WEEK, THREE INNOCENT JOLA WOMEN WERE ARRESTED AGAIN, FOR ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTING UDP SUPPORTERS. UDP LEADERSHIP OF MAI FATTY, OUSAINOU DARBO AND ADAMA BARROW AND THEIR MILITANT SUPPORTERS HAVE DECLARED AN UNDECLARED WAR AGAINST THE JOLA TRIBE AND ARE WITH MALICE, AND NAZI LIKE “FINAL SOLUTION” FORMED AN UNHOLY TRINITY WITH SENEGAL AND ITS ALLY MALI TO TERMINATE THE JOLAS OF THE GAMBIA AND CASSAMANCE. UDP’S LEADERSHIP OF OUSAINOU DARBO, MAI FATTY AND ADAMA BARROW AND SUPPORTERS OF THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT ARE RELYING ON THE CURRENT SELECTIVE SILENCE OF OTHER TRIBES OR ETHNIC GROUPS WHEN JOLAS ARE THE ONLY VICTIMS OF UDP’S ETHNIC GROUP CLEANSING AND ASSAULTS WHILE CLAIMING TO BE THE VICTIMS. EXAMPLES, ARE THE ACCEPTANCE OF AND SUPPORT OF SENEGAL AND MACKY SALL TO PLACE MINES AND OTHER DEADLY ORDINANCES WITHIN THE GAMBIAN BOADER’S SIDE ALONG THE GAMBIA CASSAMANCE BOADERS IN THE JOLA AREAS OF FONI. THIS IS AN OLD FACIST AND NAZI POLITICAL CAMPAIGN OF TERROR TACTIC. PROVOKE, ASSAULT AND THEN CALL IN THE GESTAPO OR IN THIS CASE THE GAMBIA POLICE TO ARREST THE VICTIMS. UDP IS DIABOLICAL AND SINGLE MINDEDLY FOCUSED ON VENGIANCE AND ON INNOCENT JOLA TRIBE’S MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN, FOR THEIR FAILURE OR INABILITY TO GET THEIR “POUND OF FLESH” FROM FORMER PRESIDENT YAYA JAMMEH WHO A JOLA. MADAME F.J. TAMBAJANG SHOULD BE TOLD THAT THE CULPRITS RESPONSIBLE OF UDP’S ETHNIC GROUP REGIME IS HER, OUSAINOU DARBO, MAI FATTY, ADAMA BARROW AND SUPPORTERS DESPOTIC, UNILATERALIST DECISION MAKING OR LACK THEREOF, AND THE UNLAWFUL DEADLY ASSAULTS ON LAW ABIDING GAMBIANS. GAMBIANS ARE NOT AT WAR WITH CASSAMANCE RESIDENTS, NOR WITH ANY SO-CALLED REBELS IN CASSAMANCE. YET, UDP’S LEADERSHIP AND ADAMA BARROW REGIME MAKE AND ENGAGE IN SECRET AND UNPATRIOTIC ACTIVITIES MORE BENEFICIAL TO MACKY SALL AND SENEGAL AND NOT
A FOR THE GAMBIA AND GAMBIANS. ALL OPPRESSED AND MARGINALIZED GROUPS OR PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT OR DUTY TO FIGHT AGAINST THEIR OPPRESSOR. IT IS ONE OF THE LONG STANDING UN RESOLUTIONS AND THE DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS PROVISIONS FOR DECADES. UDP’S ADAMA BARROW, LED BY OUSAINOU DARBO AND MAI FATTY HAVE SIGNED COMMUNIQUES AND TREATIES TO WORK TOGETHER TO DECIMATE OR ELIMINATE ANY OPPOSITION FORCE, STARTING WITH THE JOLAS AND THEN ANY OTHER ETHNIC GROUP THAT DARES CHALLENGE THE UDP’S ETHNIC GROUP MANDINKA HEGEMONY IN TGE GAMBIA. WARNING! OTHER ETHNIC GROUP’S SILENCE IS TANTAMOUNT TO ACCEPTANCE AND SUPPORT OF UDP’S ETHNIC GROUP MANDINKA HEGEMONY IN THE GAMBIA AND THAT OF SENEGALESE CONTINUED HEGEMONY IN THE CASSAMANCE AND THE FURTHER MARGINALIZATION OF THE JOLAS WHO BOTH PERCEIVE AS THEIR ENEMY. UDP’S LEADERSHIP AND REGIME IS INVOLVED IN SECRET TRAINING, RECRUITMENT AND ARMING OF A MANDINKA PARAMILITARY SPECIAL FORCES WUTH THE ASSISTANCE OF SENEGAL AND ITS EUROPEAN BENEFACTOR WHO ADAMA BARROW RECENTLY VISITED AND SIGNED SUCH COMMUNIQUES AND TREATIES TO REST POWER FROM ALL GAMBIANS AND CONCENTRATE IT UNDER AND IN THE HANDS OF UDP, UDP’S LEADERSHIP OF OUSAINOU DARBO, MAI FATTY AND ADAMA BARROW AND THE MANDINKA ETHNIC GROUP. IT IS TGE THE SAME REASON WHY ADAMA BARROW RECENTLY VISITED MALI TO GET THE MALINKE OR MANDINKA OF MALI TO GET ON BOARD WITH THEIR INSIDIOUS AND DESPOTIC PLAN IN THE SUB-REGION. IF THE CURRENT OPPOSITION PARTY LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORTERS ARE NOT INFORMED, MOBILIZED AND COLLECTIVELY AGITATE, RESIST ANY PROTEST ANY AND ALL DESPOTIC AND UNLAWFUL DEADLY ASSAULTS ON LAW ABIDING CITIZENS JUST BECAUSE OF HATRED AND ETHNIC GROUP BASED BIGOTRY AND PERSECUTIONS, MOST GAMBIANS MAY WAKE UP ONE DAY TO FIND THAT THEY ARE NOW THE VICTIMS OF UDP’S ETHNIC GROUP MANDINKA HEGEMONY THAT LIKE THE JEWS OF THE NAZI ERA, MOST GERMANS LOOKED THE OTHER WAY OR PRETENDED NOT TO SEE OR HEAR UNTIL THEY WERE THE TARGETS. FOR WHOM THE BELLS TOLL. IT TOLLS FOR THESE… FOR UDP’S LEADERSHIP AND REGIME ARE COMMING FOR YOU NEXT…. WAKE UP. AGITATE RESIST AND PROTEST AGAINST UDP REGIME DESPOTIC AND UNLAWFUL DEADLY ASSAULTS ON GAMBIANS. ONE GAMBIA, ONE PEOPLE AND ONE DESTINY. GAMBIA IS MORE THAN THE SUM TOTAL OF ONE INDIVIDUAL, ETHNIC GROUP OR REGION.
Sidi, stop telling lies and inciting tribal hatred in the Gambia. The police arrested 6 people, APRC supporters 3 and UDP supporters 3. These are the people arrested Isatou Sambou, Maimuna Colley and Awa Jarju, all of Tallinding and APRC supporters and Fatoumata Darboe, Kaddy Bajo and Kaddy Ceesay are the UDP supporters. This clearly shows that they were not arrested because of their tribe but because they were all involved in a fracas. You are a danger to the peace and stability of the Gambia. By the way “Mr I went to a world class college and University” your grammar is appalling. You should go for some adult literacy classes to improve your language skills.
Sidi bojang shame on you, that you have bojang surename . you sick dom deef or blind . you born for nothing believe me. who ever is talking about tribalism believe me, that person is tribalist . He or she have loose his or her morallity or dignity if you wish.then start to use the word tribe. people like you suit not exist on earth. becouse you are not good for the enviroment and the atmosphere of the health minded people like the Gambia. but maybe you are not a Gambian. Side bojand are you a Gambian?