By Lamin Njie
The Basse Magistrates Court on Monday transferred the case of 23 people who are facing three charges including arson to the high court.
Magistrate Omar Jabang transferred the case after the prosecution last week applied that the case be transferred from the Basse Magistrates Court to the Special Criminal Division of the High Court.
Three weeks ago, the nation woke up to the news of an outbreak of another caste-related clashes in the Upper River Region this time in Koina in which houses were set ablaze and properties vandalised. Scores were also injured during the violence. The police later rounded up and detained nearly two dozen people suspected of involvement in the rampage. The suspects, numbering 23, have been accused by the police of inciting violence, arson and assault.
On Monday, the Basse Magistrates Court granted the prayer of the prosecution and transferred the case to the high court. It also remanded the accused persons in prison until such a time the case would come up at the high court.
