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Senegalese forestry officers allegedly entered The Gambia on Monday and shot a Gambian after they pursued him, according to reports.
The officers are said to have ran into timber dealers leading to the officers reportedly crossing the border into The Gambia.
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The incident reportedly happened in Sare Omar a Gambian border village in CRR.
Senegal have adopted a hardline stance against cutting of Senegalese trees but the agitation for independence in the Casamance region has seen the timber business there flourish. Timber dealers usually paid the rebels in order to cut timber which is usually sent across into The Gambia.
The army sent troops to the village but they got there after the Senegalese forestry officers had already receded into Senegal.
