Tuesday 16 August 2016

UPDATE: Protest In Kabala Getting out of hands.







Umaru Fofana Report:

Journalists and residents of Kabala in northern ‪#‎SierraLeone‬ say police have shot dead at least two antigovernment protesters - a high school student and a mobile phone topup seller. Soldiers have also been deployed. The local police commander Supt Alimamy Bangura would not confirm or deny the deaths but said his house had been set on fire and two of his men injured. The youths are protesting against an announcement that a project to establish a centre to train their skills had been moved to another district, claiming the president had promised in 2014 that it would be built in their district.


A 24-hour curfew has been imposed in Kabala where hospital sources have confirmed the shooting dead by police of two protesters. Two people are admitted there while two others are in a critical condition and have been referred to the capital. The ruling party headquarters in the town and the homes of the local police chief and the District Officer have been torched.

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