Attackers slit throat of Senegal party official
Suspected separatists in Senegal’s restive Casamance province killed a prominent local ruling party official by slitting his throat late on Saturday, ahead of the Muslim Eid al-Adha feast, a security force official said. Armed men attacked Mamadou Lamine Badji, president of the regional council of President Abdoulaye Wade’s ruling Democratic Party (PDS), at his family home in the village of Sindia, around 50 km (30 miles) from the provincial capital Ziguinhor, the official said. Full Story