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The
incident occurred in a village called Kerr Mot Ali in the north of the
tiny West African country on Tuesday after the young girl, Hawa Mbaye,
returned from school in the afternoon.
The local Daily Observer
newspaper reported that the little girl had climbed up a mango tree to
pick some mangoes. According to the newspaper, monkeys have been
wreaking havoc on mango farms, destroying even the unripe fruit just as
the mango season is picking up this year.
The girl’s
father, Mamud Mbaye, heard the commotion up the tree with the branches
shaking and assumed it was a monkey that had returned. He then grabbed
his gun and rushed to shoot the intruder.
Without thinking, he launched a deadly volley into the thick branches where little Hawa was picking fruits.
Instead of a dead monkey falling to the ground, Mr Mbaye watched
in horror as his girl tumbled down dead with her body covered in blood.
Investigation
The
corpse of the little school girl was rushed to the Royal Victoria
Teaching Hospital in the capital, Banjul, for post-mortem examination.
Mourners and messages of condolences continue to pour into the Mbaye home following the accident.
By TAMBA JEAN-MATTHEW in Dakar and BABOUCARR CEESAY in Banjul
Posted Saturday, April 14 2012 at 11:54
By TAMBA JEAN-MATTHEW in Dakar and BABOUCARR CEESAY in Banjul
Posted Saturday, April 14 2012 at 11:54
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