Lassana Cisse remembered, two years after his murder
Friends of Lassana Cisse Souleymane, killed two years ago in a racially-motivated shooting, paid tribute to him during a brief flower-laying event on Tuesday held at the site where he was murdered.
During the event, organised by NGO Moviment Graffitti and friends of Cisse, Ousmane Dicko repeated his plea to authorities to return Lassana’s body back to his family in the Ivory Coast.
“Lassana’s mother is still waiting for her son’s body. I’m getting calls from Lassana’s mother all the time, I don’t even know what I can tell her anymore,” Dicko, an Ivorian community leader, said.
The government gave Cisse's family a written commitment in March 2020 that it would return his body to his home country, but nothing has been done since then.
Graffitti activist Christine Cassar spoke of “the great tragedy” that occurred on Triq il-Ġebel in Ħal Far on April 6, 2019.
“Lassana was killed aimlessly, he was just minding his own business walking down this very street. Him and the two others that were targeted were just walking home after a football match,” Cassar said.
“Those involved in this killing were given bail the same year the murder occurred, and are still enjoying their lives to this...