In Senegal, two people died and five were seriously injured in the fire of a Tata bus which was attacked by a molotov cocktail in a district in the suburbs of Dakar, according to the Minister of the Interior, Antoine Félix Diome.
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With our correspondent in Dakar, Thea Olivier
The images shared on social networks are impressive: a Tata bus is ravaged by flames, leaving thick black smoke to escape into the sky of the Yarakh district, on the outskirts of Dakar.
A fire caused by a molotov cocktail attack, according to the Minister of the Interior Antoine Félix Diome, who went there. It evokes ” a terrorist act “.
In front of the carcass of the charred bus, the minister declared that ” seven hooded individuals took a vice » this public transport bus.
” What a criminal act, what an inhuman act to throw a Molotov cocktail into a bus carrying Senegalese he said, adding that the attackers also robbed the passengers of their money and mobile phones.
The Minister of the Interior then promised that the State would hunt down and arrest the perpetrators in order to “ deliver to justice “.
Several political actors, including the opponent Idrissa Seck and the Pastef party, offered their condolences to the victims and denounced this criminal act.
This attack takes place while the situation in the capital is tense, marked by demonstrations since last Monday following the detention of political opponent Ousmane Sonko and the dissolution of his party, the Pastef.