Kédougou: Chinese mining base attacked by six armed men, 6.7 million CFA francs stolen

Six armed men attacked a mining base operated by a Chinese company in Faranding, in the Saraya department of Senegal’s Kédougou region, on Tuesday night into Wednesday. The attack reportedly took place around 2 a.m.; the assailants fired into the air and seriously injured a Chinese national. They stole 6.7 million CFA francs after forcing the guard, who was watching the site from a lookout tower, to come down at gunpoint. The circumstances, the attackers’ identities and the investigation’s next steps have yet to be established.