source: AFP
actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Senegal)
actor2: Civilians (Senegal)
location: Ziguinchor
notes: Thirteen youths were killed by 'armed elements' in the Casamance region of southern Senegal. The victims were out 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'. A source in Ziguinchor said that 'thirteen were killed and two were able to escape'.