The Commissariat urbain de Mbacké (Diourbel, centre) arrested, on 3 September 2025, an individual for “association of criminals, possession of weapons and attempted robbery in a violent meeting”, according to a note published on the Facebook page of the National Police, on Friday 5 September. “The arrest took place in the district of Palène, where a police patrol surprised a group of four men, all armed with machetes, attacking a passerby”, the communiqué said. The victim, who was trying to resist his attackers who came to steal his phone and other personal effects, was wounded in the back. When the police arrived, the attackers fled. However, one of them, still in possession of his machete, was arrested in the course of a pursuit, adds la même source. “The three other accomplices have managed to take the flight.
Mbacké: an aggressor arrested by the police
