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Fight between sex workers leaves one injured in Siguiri

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Map: Siguiri, Guinea

A fight between several sex workers left one woman with a forehead injury at a maquis in Bouré-Balato, Siguiri, after a dispute linked to rivalries and the cleaning of a water tank. Balato police detained those involved and recorded the incident as assault causing injury, according to Mediaguinee.com.

Balato police detained those involved in a fight between sex workers in Bouré-Balato, in the Siguiri prefecture, after which a woman was seriously injured in the forehead. The incident, which took place on Thursday 5 November at a maquis called “Nigéria”, was recorded as “assault causing injury”, according to details gathered by Mediaguinee.com from police.

The case was handled at the Balato police station without being referred to the prosecutor's office. The owner of the maquis reportedly gave a written undertaking to prevent further incidents, and the workers involved were reportedly excluded from the establishment, according to Mediaguinee.com. The injured woman was receiving treatment and was no longer in danger on Sunday, while the maquis had resumed its activities when the media outlet visited that day.

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