It was not immediately clear who was firing the gunshots.
A security source with contacts inside the building said people had been hit by the gunfire. A second source said two people were dead, but it was unclear if they were security forces or those who launched the attack.
Political instability has blighted the country for decades. Nine coups or attempted coups since independence from Portugal in 1974 have hobbled efforts to pull the economy beyond its reliance on the export of cashew nuts.
As part of measures to enhance social distancing amid coronavirus outbreak, the United Nation Development program (UNDP) in partnership with The Gambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry GCCI) last Thursday donated a new 30-seater mini-bus worth over three million dalasis to The Gambia Prison Services (GPS).
Ministry of Transport
Accompanying the president of the Republic Adama Barrow on his Meet the People Tour in provincial Gambia, the minister responsible for Transport, Works and Infrastructure, Hon. Ebrima Sillah, has revealed that in the next five years, the government of the Gambia would construct 1,200km of tar roads in The Gambia.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation has confirmed the death of 16 Gambians in the Bronx apartment fire disaster that occurred on Sunday.
Ahmadou Lamin Samateh, the minister for Health says malaria is responsible for lots of deaths in The Gambia both in children and adults.
