Shopkeeper Shoots Neighbour Over Mobile Money Transaction

A 22-year-old man sustained a serious arm injury while attempting to intervene in a dispute between his brother and a shopkeeper on Friday, 6th November. The alleged shooter was apprehended in Keur Massar, Dakar, where police seized a firearm and ammunition.

According to Les Échos newspaper the altercation began at a shop in Cambérène 2, where O Diallo who manages a multi-service business, sought to carry out a 12,000 CFA franc transfer via Orange Money. The disagreement with the shop’s proprietor, Yoro Gadiaga, continued after they left the premises. L’Observateur newspaper reported that Diallo followed the other man to his family home, where he allegedly struck him in the face before brandishing a handgun.

Gadiaga reportedly dodged the shot but the bullet struck his brother, Cheikh, in the right bicep as he attempted to intervene. Relatives and neighbours transported the wounded man to the Mame Abdou Aziz Dabakh Health Centre in Parcelles Assainies. He was subsequently transferred to the Principal Hospital in Dakar.

Police officers from the Unit 15 station in Parcelles Assainies located Diallo in the Firdaws area of ​​Keur Massar. During a search, they seized a Browning Buck pistol, ammunition, and a replica firearm. The shopkeeper admitted to firing his weapon in a fit of anger, though he denied any intent to kill the other person. L’Observateur reported that he was to be brought before the public prosecutor onMonday, on charges of attempted murder involving the use of a firearm.

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