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Momodou
Denmark
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 Posted - 28 Dec 2007 : 21:19:42
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PEACE ENVOY SHOT DEAD IN CASSAMANCE
By Modou Jonga
Reliable reports reaching FOROYAA have it that Sheriff Samsudeen Hydara, commonly known as ‘Dino’, was on Friday 21 December, 2007 shot dead by gunmen suspected to be rebels, at his residence in Manudaa, in the Senegalese region of Cassamance.
According to reports, before his death, the late Samsudeen was appointed as peace envoy by the Senegalese Government.
Speaking to this reporter, a brother to the late Samsudeen Hydara, who preferred anonymity, said the body of the Late Dino Hydara was taken to the Mortuary in Ziquinchor. He said that the late Hydara died instantly after being shot and that they do not know which faction of the MFDC shot him. He noted that the body of his late brother was handed over to them by the authorities and was on Saturday 22nd December, 2007 buried at Darsilami Sheriff Kunda, in Cassamance.
While expressing grief and shock over the tragic end of the late Samsudeen Hydara, family members said they do not know the true identity of the said rebels who shot their loved one and the reason for his assassination.
The late sheriff Samsudeen Hydara is said to be survived by many wives and Children.
Source: Foroyaa Newspaper Burning Issue
Issue No. 150/2007, 27 December, 2007
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