A family tragedy has rocked Ziguinchor this Sunday 24 August 2025 at the beginning of the evening in Kantène, a father of a family, disturbed by the demand for divorce of his wife, sprinkled himself with a flammable product before getting sick with his two children. Despite the rapid intervention of the neighbours, the man succumbed to his burns, while one of the children is also deceased. The second, wounded but in a stable condition, was transferred in intensive care to the Regional Hospital of Ziguinchor. According to our confrères de Flashinfos, the bodies of the father and the child have been deposited at the morgue of the Hospital de la Paix.
Ziguinchor: A father of family immolates with his children following the divorce request of his wife in Kanténe…
