Magal de Touba: 33 dead and 906 injured in road accidents
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- 21 Sep 2022
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Accidents between Touba (center) and other cities in the country left 33 dead and 906 injured, we learned on Sunday from the National Fire Brigade (BNSP).
"The final assessment of the relief operations carried out by the BNSP in Magal 2022, during the period from September 10 to 17, is 33 dead bodies and 906 wounded," said Lieutenant-Colonel Cheikh Tine, carrier. word of the BNSP.
This assessment comes from several types of accidents, road accidents in particular, which took place between Touba and other cities, according to the same source.
During the previous edition of Magal, 10 deaths and 775 injuries were recorded by the BNSP, recalled Cheikh Tine.
Thousands of pilgrims from the 14 regions of Senegal and other countries took part, as every year, in the Magal de Touba, which commemorates the exile in Gabon of Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba (1853-1927), the founder of the brotherhood Muslim of the Mourides. Read More…
