"The evolution of the Fallou Sene case is not my prerogative"

Seventy days after the death of the student Fallou Sene the file still knows no evolution. The alleged murderer identified as an element of the gendarmerie, is not previously worried. Questioned about this situation that makes cringe, the High Commander of the Gendarmerie and Military Justice, General Meissa Niang relieves his responsibilities and refers his interlocutors to the public prosecutor. " The evolution of the Fallu Sene case is not my prerogative, but that of the public prosecutor he said in the Observer . We had elements that we put at the disposal of the judicial authority (…) We can not develop.At the judicial level, it is the authority that makes the decision.It needs a sovereign appreciation of the judicial authority "

Fallou Sène, a second-year student, was killed on May 15 during clashes at Gaston Berger University in Saint-Louis. According to information, the shooter is the head of unit of the gendarmerie, a certain lieutenant Sané. He told his superiors that he had acted in self-defense. " Affirmative ", seems to say General Meïssa Niang. " The case of St. Louis is an unfortunate case that we are condemning.These are things that happen in the execution of missions.In my case, the law and the regulations provide for the use of force. Had it not been the professionalism of the gendarmes, the balance sheet would have been heavier on both sides: we recorded on the side of the gendarmes, 37 wounded ".