MLS Ndiaye, a first grade student, was on trial this Monday at the Dakar High Court, for acts of intentional injury. According to the story of “L’Observateur”, taken up by “Seneweb”, the incident broke out during an interclass match at the “Les Pédagogues” school, on December 20, and degenerated into a tragedy.
i[«[Le mis en cause] stabbed PA Sy, a student in Terminale class, causing him temporary incapacity to work [Itt] of 15 days, following a dispute that arose after a football match at Camp Leclerc]i”, relates the title of the Future Media Group.
«i[C’est nous qui menions [1-0]. The referee whistled a contested penalty. They scored and we argued]i,” maintains the victim. Who engages: “i[Après le match, une fête était prévue à l’école. Mais sur le chemin du retour, les tensions ont ressurgi. [L’accusé] found me at school and stabbed me with a knife worth 100 CFA francs. I removed the knife myself, before being taken to the hospital by my comrades]i»/
Reproduced by the source, Ndiaye pleads self-defense, claiming to have been “attacked first» by its protagonist. “It’s not with a knife. He choked me and I had difficulty breathing. I picked up an iron bar from the ground, to defend myself», Contests the 18-year-old defendant.
«My client received two blows to the chest, a vital area. His version is more coherent and the evidence overwhelms the accused», pleads the civil party’s lawyer, Me Ibrahima Mbengue, while claiming 5 million CFA francs in damages. The defense lawyer, Me Arona Basse, insists, “on the need to bring the file back to its proper proportions“, especially since, corrects the black dress, “the medical report notes a scratch on the chest and a stable general condition».
The prosecution, considering that the intention to strike was obvious, requested six months in prison, three of which were closed. Deliberated on January 2, concludes the newspaper.
