A Gambian living in the Brazilian city of São Paulo has been shot and killed by Brazilian police, The Alkamba Times can report.
Bubacarr Dukureh was killed during a deadly encounter with Brazillian police on Thursday; his friends and a representative of the Gambian Association in the Latin American country confirmed the tragedy to The Alkamba Times.
“It all happened on Thursday evening, 14 September 2022, when he went out for a walk, according to his wife; he was subsequently shot to death by the police,” Edrisa Kuyateh, Secretary-General Gambians in Brasil, told TAT.
According to the police report, the young man was suspected of being armed, but his wife described the police report as false.
“Babucarr’s wife told us that the police just killed him for no reason, and they are making up stories and incriminating him about being armed. His corpse is still at the hospital, and hopefully, tomorrow, Monday, 19 September 2022, the police will give clearance to access the body, Kuyateh said.
He described the incident as unfortunate and called for justice for their brother.
“This is unfortunate news to the Gambian Community in Brazil because Gambians are very hard working and law-abiding, and this has never happened to us. But unfortunately, this has brought fear among Gambians here in Brazil.
We don’t know who will be the next victim, and worst of all, we have no representative in Brazil and Latin America who we can run to for help in such situations, which makes us very worried.
We need the government of the Gambia to intervene. We need justice for Bubacarr Dukureh, and we want to know the cause of his Death and the crime he committed,” the SG of Gambians Association in Brazil added.
