{"id":2478,"date":"2025-09-26T19:00:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T19:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/mandinary-youths-protest-the-death-of-omar-badjie-in-police-custody\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T19:00:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T19:00:11","slug":"mandinary-youths-protest-the-death-of-omar-badjie-in-police-custody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/mandinary-youths-protest-the-death-of-omar-badjie-in-police-custody\/","title":{"rendered":"Mandinary Youths protest the death of Omar Badjie in police custody"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Anger and outrage gripped Mandinary Friday after Lamin Badjie, a local man, died in hospital shortly after being arrested by police.<\/p>\n<p>Residents took to the streets, burning tyres and blocking roads in protest.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking exclusively to Gambiana, Assistant Police PRO, Inspector Mariama I. Fatty, said: \u201cThe police were on routine patrol in Mandinary and surrounding areas when they arrested a suspect. After the arrest, he fell ill and was taken to hospital, where he was confirmed deceased.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eyewitnesses described a tense scene as groups of youths stormed the Mandinary Police Station, demanding answers.<\/p>\n<p>Local leaders and community members are calling for an independent investigation into Lamin Badjie\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>The tragedy has left Mandinary shaken, with residents vowing to continue protests until they receive clear answers and justice for Lamin Badjie.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Anger and outrage gripped Mandinary Friday after Lamin Badjie, a local man, died&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}