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Grand Magal De Touba: 21 Dead and 640 Victims Recorded According to the National Fire Brigade
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DAKAR, 14 August (Xinhua) — On Wednesday, the firefighters of Senegal announced that they had recorded 21 deaths during the 131st edition of the Grand Magal, a pilgrimage of the Muslim Brotherhood of the Mourides organized every year in Touba (centre) in tribute to the departure in exile of the founder of the said Brotherhood, Sheikh Ahmadou Bamba (1853-1927). "The detachment of the National Brigade of the Firefighters engaged in the Holy City o…
According to Commander Yatma Diheye, head of the Information and Public Relations Division, the field teams in and around the Holy City took care of 640 victims during 395 interventions, including 21 deaths. Road accidents, the leading cause of death Traffic accidents are the main cause of these tragedies, with 240 casualties recorded in all the interventions, resulting in 575 victims, including 18 deaths, the majority of the deaths recorded dur…
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