13 killed in Casamance, Senegal's Sall orders probe 1/7/2018 3:31:06 PM The killings mark the first upsurge in violence in the isolated region in years FRANCE 24, 07 January 2018  -- A ministerial fact-finding mission was headed to Casamance in southern Senegal on Sunday after 13 youths were killed in the first upsurge in violence in the isolated region in years. President Macky Sall condemned what he called an 'armed attack of rare barbarity' and summoned his national security council, a government statement said hours after the attack on Saturday. The youths were collecting wood in the Bayotte forest, 20 kilometres (12 miles) from the regional capital Ziguinchor, 'when they were attacked by an armed band of 15 people', army spokesman Abdou Ndiaye told AFP. A source in Ziguinchor said that 13 were killed and two were able to escape, with Ndiaye adding that seven others were injured in the attack. The Senegalese Press Agency said t...