Moustapha Lô (died 15 June 1967) was a

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...

ese man who attempted to assassinate Senegalese President

Léopold Sédar Senghor Léopold Sédar Senghor (; ; 9 October 1906 – 20 December 2001) was a Senegalese poet, politician and cultural theorist who was the first president of Senegal (1960–80). Ideologically an African socialist, he was the major theoretician o ...

on 22 March 1967 at the Dakar Grand Mosque. Lô was convicted of

treason Treason is the crime of attacking a state authority to which one owes allegiance. This typically includes acts such as participating in a war against one's native country, attempting to overthrow its government, spying on its military, its diplo ...

, was sentenced to death by a Senegalese court and was

executed Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is the state-sanctioned practice of deliberately killing a person as a punishment for an actual or supposed crime, usually following an authorized, rule-governed process to conclude that t ...

firing squad Execution by firing squad, in the past sometimes called fusillading (from the French ''fusil'', rifle), is a method of capital punishment, particularly common in the military and in times of war. Some reasons for its use are that firearms are ...

. Lô was the second of two people who have been executed by Senegal since its independence in 1960.In a number of sources, Amnesty International reports that Lô was the first Senegalese execution, and that it took place in 1965, with Abdou N'Daffa Faye's execution being the most recent. Other sources contradict this information and place Lô's execution after Faye's in 1967.

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*Elimane Fall, "La démocratie à l'épreuve", '' Jeune Afrique'', no. 1760, 1994-10-05 *Keesing's Publications (1972). ''Africa Independent: A Survey of Political Developments'' (New York: Scribner) p. 236 1967 deaths 1967 crimes in Senegal 20th-century executions for treason People executed by Senegal by firing squad Executed Senegalese people People executed for treason against Senegal Senegalese assassins Year of birth missing {{Senegal-bio-stub Executed failed assassins