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Trial over Fallou Sène’s murder opens in Dakar

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The trial of the soldier suspected of killing student Mouhamadou Fallou Sène has opened before the Military Court in Dakar. The student died on 15 May 2018 on the campus of Gaston Berger University in Saint-Louis; Amnesty International Senegal and the Senegalese Human Rights League are represented at the hearing, according to Senego.

The trial over the alleged murder of student Mouhamadou Fallou Sène opened on Friday 30 October before the military court, in courtroom 4 of the Dakar High Court. Fallou Sène died on 15 May 2018 on the campus of Gaston Berger University in Saint-Louis, according to Senego.

Seydi Gassama, executive director of Amnesty International Senegal, expressed his support for the deceased’s family and students at Gaston Berger University. Amnesty International is represented at the hearing by Me Amadou Diallo, alongside Me Assane Dioma Ndiaye, lawyer for the Senegalese Human Rights League.

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