{"id":789,"date":"2019-09-19T15:16:28","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T15:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/gambia\/?p=789"},"modified":"2019-09-19T15:16:28","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T15:16:28","slug":"father-links-3-year-old-sons-demise-to-gunshot-wounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/father-links-3-year-old-sons-demise-to-gunshot-wounds","title":{"rendered":"Father Links 3 \u2013 Year Old\u00a0 Son\u2019s Demise To Gunshot Wounds"},"content":{"rendered":"

A father to Musa Sembene has linked his son\u2019s demise to a gunshot wound he sustained on his head during the April 2000 mass students\u2019 demonstration.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cMy son was shot while at home during the April 2000 students\u2019 demonstration,\u201d Ousman Sembene told TRRC.<\/p>\n

Musa Sebene, a 3 \u2013 year \u2013 old was shot on his head while at home by security officers who were shooting students\u2019 demonstrators 19 years ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cMusa\u2019s mother told me the bullet struck him while at home on the right-hand side of his head,\u201d the father said.<\/p>\n

The 58 \u2013 year \u2013 old father said the bullet that caused his son\u2019s demise landed on his head while at his home in London Corner.<\/p>\n

He said on 10th\u00a0April 2000, he was on his way to pick his children from their school, but his vehicle was stopped by students who blocked the highway and they were in possession of stones. He said he turned with his vehicle and decided to take another route but as he was approaching Tipper Garage in Bakoteh, he heard a lot of gunshots and he returned home at London Corner.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot more than 10 minutes when I arrived home, I was told by a person that my three-year-old Musa was shot on his head,\u201d the witness said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was shocked; I felt a lot of pain,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

He said his late son was put under the Intensive Care Unit.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I arrived at the hospital, I saw him bleeding through his ears, nose and mouth,\u201d Sembeng said.<\/p>\n

He said the first three days the doctors did nothing for Musa and he was left lying there.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe doctors did not tell us anything and they did not treat him even though he was bleeding. Musa was in that condition from the first day to the third day,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said on the 3rd\u00a0day at the hospital, former Vice President Isatou Njie-Saidy came there to visit them.<\/p>\n

\u201cHer visit brought me hope but when I watched the television and saw her speak, my hope dissipated. The way she spoke, I saw that she was not bothered about what happened to the victims and from that day to today, I stopped watching the Gambia television (GRTS),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said on the 4th\u00a0day of their stay at the hospital, he asked the nurse about the doctor responsible for his son and he was shown a Cuban doctor.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe doctor told me they cannot treat my son because they do not have the facilities and I should take him to Dakar for treatment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said he went to the Gambia Airways and bought two tickets \u2013 one for Musa and the other for the nurse who accompanied him to Dakar. He said Musa was put in an ambulance and taken to the airport. He said at the airport, the captain said Musa\u2019s mother should go with him even though she does not have a flight ticket.<\/p>\n

He was first taken to the Principal Hospital of Dakar where he spent a week then he was transferred to Abass Ndow Hospital where an x-ray was done on him and the bullet was seen.<\/p>\n

\u201cMusa was operated and the bullet was removed from the backside of his head. The operation was successful,\u201d Sembene said.<\/p>\n

He said after the operation, Musa started doing very well.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter the operation, Musa saw me and started crying. He was asking about his brothers and sisters,\u201d the father said.<\/p>\n

Sembene said the doctors in Senegal told him that the days that Musa spent in The Gambia without medical care has caused damaged on him.<\/p>\n

\u201cMusa spent about two months and he passed away on the 5th\u00a0June 2000 at 8:15 pm,\u201d he said, adding that he was buried in Dakar.<\/p>\n

He said the Gambia Government has never supported him in terms of paying the hospital bills or any of the expenses.<\/p>\n

Sembene said former President Yahya Jammeh was responsible for whatever happened to his son and all the victims because he was the head of state and commander in chief of the army.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe that if he had not given the order for the shooting, the security officers wouldn\u2019t have shot the students,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A father to Musa Sembene has linked his son\u2019s demise to a gunshot wound he sustained on his head during the April 2000 mass students\u2019 demonstration. \u201cMy son was shot while at home during the April 2000 students\u2019 demonstration,\u201d Ousman Sembene told TRRC. 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