Dakar naval base accident leaves one dead and four injured
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Dakaractu
An accident involving two vessels belonging to Senegal's National Gendarmerie killed one person and injured four, three seriously, during refuelling at the Admiral Faye Gassama naval base. The Interior Ministry, which confirmed the toll on 1 November, announced an investigation.
A gendarme was killed and four others injured, three of them seriously, in an accident involving two vessels belonging to Senegal's National Gendarmerie at the Admiral Faye Gassama naval base in Dakar. The accident occurred during the night of Saturday 31 October during a refuelling operation, according to the Ministry of the Interior and Public Security, as cited by Dakaractu.
The ministry immediately announced an investigation to determine the causes and circumstances of the accident. The interior minister offered his condolences to the family of the deceased gendarme, the National Gendarmerie and the Defence and Security Forces, while wishing the four injured a speedy recovery, according to the statement published on 1 November 2026.
