Galoya high-school student severely burned after her suitor marries another woman

Banel Sow, a high-school senior from Galoya, was severely burned after dousing herself with boiling water, according to Dakar-Direct. She had been in a relationship for more than a year with T. M. Sy, a community security officer in Pété, but her parents reportedly opposed their plans to marry, partly because of caste considerations. Sy’s marriage to another woman about ten days earlier is said to have deeply affected her. Sow is hospitalized in Pété and is reportedly in stable condition; the gendarmerie is following the case.