By Lamin Njie
The soldier who shot Ismaila Tamba has been arrested, The Fatu Network understands.
The embattled soldier was arrested on Monday by men of military police as investigation continued into Sunday’s shooting incident in Kanilai, Foni.
A source told The Fatu Network: “The soldier has been arrested and [he] is in custody of the military police in Yundumm Barracks.”
The Fatu Network is not naming the soldier as he is yet to be charged before a court law for a crime.
The spokesperson of the Gambia Armed Forces could not be immediately reached for comment but it comes at the back of a statement by the army on Tuesday saying the soldier was trying to shoot out the tyres of the vehicle of Ismaila Tamba.
“The driver (Tamba) was challenged by the soldier on sentry duty to stop the vehicle and return back to the check point for the routine search procedure as required. However, the driver failed to do so and attempted to drive away. In an apparent attempt to disable the tyre of the vehicle, the soldier on sentry duty shot at the vehicle thereby resulting to the injury of the driver on his back,” the army said in a statement signed by its deputy spokesperson Malick Sanyang.
