The Front for an anti-imperialist People’s and Pan-African Revolution (FRAPP) has established a provisional record of 26 gunshot deaths, this Tuesday, June 20, 2023 after the violent demonstrations born of the sentencing of the opponent Ousmane Sonko to 2 years in prison.
26 victims shot and killed:
Bacary Dieme, Lassana Diarisso, Ibrahima Drago, Mouhamed Sylla, Khadim Ba, Bassirou Sarr, Mor Ndiaye, Ismaila Traore, Mame Balla Sarr, Daouda Diene, Babacar Samb, Mamadou Ndoye, Fallou Sène, Seny Coly, Souleymane D. Sarr, Sidya Diatta, Oumar Sarr, Ousmane Badjo, Modou Beye, Serigne Fallou, Mamadou Bèye, Tamsir Cissé, Ismaila Diédiou, Abdoualye Camara, El Hadji Mamadou Cisse, Babacar Mbaye Sylla
4 unidentified bodies at Pikine’s morgue;
According to Guy Marius Sagna et Cie, the involvement of «nervis and militiamen of the ruling party» during these demonstrations totally legitimized the crime against the demonstrators. According to several testimonies it is in the open sea that the nervis were thrown the bodies of the demonstrators they killed. This is the reason why, they say, since the end of the demonstrations, every day bodies of young people are rejected by the sea.
On June 6, a lifeless body was thrown from the sea in Djifer;
On 7 June in Grand Mbao, a lifeless body was thrown from the sea
On June 8 in Saint-Louis 3 bodies of young people were rejected by the sea
On 9 June in Kaolack, a body was washed away;
On June 10, in Somone, a body was thrown from the sea;
On 13 June in Dakar, on the UCAD ledge, a body was thrown by the sea
For FRAPP, this provisional assessment brings the number of deaths to at least 38. Therefore, it invites the Prosecutor, without prejudice to a legal action that could be brought against him for «complicity of crime against humanity, of incitement to crime, of coalition of officials, of crime, among other criminal offences, to «assume» fully its “legal responsibilities”.
In this, Abdou Karim Diop is invited to «inform the Senegalese citizens about the total number of people who actually lost their lives during the deadly repression of the demonstrations from 3 to 6 June». CLDR requires the practice of “autopsy on all identified and unidentified bodies, including those released from the sea in various parts of the country.”
Also, to formally identify and make a detailed communication on the bodies of lifeless young people who have been rejected by the sea and to immediately institute proceedings against those who used lethal force against the demonstrators; This is the case in particular of the elements of the HLM police station involved according to audio-visual evidence in the death of Abdoulaye Camara (Baba Cana) or the nerd-wrestler Bathie Ba who according to several witnesses shot Khadim Ba in Pikine.
In addition, the FRAPP asks the Prosecutor, to identify the political leaders of the APR who are directly involved in the recruitment, supervision, financing and equipment of the nervis, to search without delay the headquarters of the APR and to search, Stop and disarm all the nervis recruited by the APR’s political leaders.
