“They are new facts that are coming out with regard to the death of the (Lamin Jarju). I can’t confirm those facts at the moment. However, I know that the Serious Crime Unit of the GPF is doing their investigations and they have new facts. But whatever was reported yesterday was authentic at the time, because that was what was narrated by Lamin Jarju who is an eyewitness to the incident,” he told The Point.
“The eyewitness, Lamin Jarju, was part of the three boys that went to the bush – which is a forest in the southern part of Cassamace in Senegal around Jalijorr to get firewood. The three boys are all natives of Jifanga which is in the Foni District of The Gambia.”
“I can confirm that there was no killing in The Gambia contrary to social media posts. The killing happened in Senegal. The deceased was reportedly shot in Cassamace according to an eyewitness’ narration. The eyewitness claimed that they saw a drone and after which there was a shot. They went to the scene to confirm exactly what happened, because when they went to the forest they were scattered. Unfortunately, when they went to the scene, they saw the deceased lying down.”
The deceased, he went on, was later taken to Bwiam Hospital where he was pronounced dead. “However, there is a different version today from our serious crime investigations unit. The investigators are trying to make the facts authentic. It’s true that killing happens, but the narration is a little bit different.”
