April 2000 Gambian student massacre | |
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Location | Banjul, The Gambia |
Date | 10 April 2000 |
Deaths | 15 |
Injured | 80+, 28 critical |
Victims | 14 students, one Red Cross volunteer, one child |
Perpetrators | Gambian police officers and soldiers |
Inquiry | Lartey Commission |
Website | www |
The April 2000 Gambian student massacre was the killing of 14 people (and one accidental death) by Gambian police officers and soldiers on the 10 April 2000 at a student protest in Banjul, the Gambia. The protest had been called following two separate incidents - the beating to death of secondary school student Ebrima Barry by firefighters, and the rape of a 13-year-old girl by a uniformed police officer - and the lack of investigation of both of those incidents. Despite firing live ammunition into the protesters after government buildings had been damaged, no charges have been brought against those involved, and the Yahya Jammeh government suppressed commemoration of the event. Adama Barrow's government has since promised to investigate the shooting.