BOMB ALERT IN DAKAR

The Embassy of the USA requires its nationals to avoid the city center

Threat of terrorist attack looms over Dakar, the Senegalese capital. According to several news websites visited Senegal on Friday (Seneweb) and radio (Radio Future Medias) of the place, the United States Embassy in Dakar has released a statement asking its citizens to avoid the center Senegal's capital city. The reason is a threat of terrorist bombing, without giving further details. In the statement, the U.S. consular authorities confirmed the threat and said they had taken security measures. At last, the Embassy of France to Dakar has also released the same statement at the place of its nationals. Downtown Dakar is right now surrounded by the Senegalese security forces. Information taken seriously by the police and eventually to the turn of Senegal. Significant measures have been taken by the Ministry of the Interior. Dakaractu site reveals that elements of elite units have been pre-positioned in the vicinity of the Embassy of the United States, among other embassies. As places of worship such as mosques, churches, often taken by storm, especially on Friday, are monitored as milk on the fire, discreetly, according to police sources, not to create panic among the people. Asked about the issue, in charge of police communication, Colonel Alioune N'Diaye reassures: "This is the state of rumor, but we have strengthened the measures taken since the outbreak of the war in northern Mali ". In addition to regular patrols, it has been noted since this morning (Friday) in Dakar and surroundings, as elements of the Multipurpose Intervention Brigade Police (BIP) and the GIGN are on the alert, in not required elements of general information in supplement ...