WorldAfricaSenegal: IID in Dakar

Senegal: IID in Dakar

Type of event:
Bomb attack

Victims

2

Wounded

5

Date

August 1, 2023

What happened

Two people were killed and five others were wounded when an attacker hurled an improvised incendiary device on a bus in Dakar. The bus was traveling from the suburbs to the center of Dakar when it was blocked by a group of people. A group of hooded youths boarded the bus and insulted the bus driver, while one lit the device and threw it.

Where it happened

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