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After Arresting Army Captain, Soldiers Attack Eastern Police

Concord Times (Freetown)
NEWS
April 14, 2004
Posted to the web April 14, 2004
Freetown
Jemilatu Nababa and Rachael Horner Eastern police station came under attack
again Easter Monday but this time with sticks and stones amidst threats of
razing it to the ground by irate soldiers of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed
Forces (RSLAF) who were masquerading during that day's festivities.
According to the Inspector-General of Police, Brima Acha Kamara who called a
Press Conference Tuesday, a Captain of the RSLAF, M. Kargbo wounded one of his
personnel.
Concord Times gathered that trouble started when the drunk Capt. was arrested
because he was misbehaving and efforts to pacify him by police officers proved
futile.
The I.G said the captain was handcuffed, arrested and placed onboard one of
their police trucks.
He said when soldiers who were masquerading saw that their boss has been
arrested; they jumped inside the truck and forcefully released him.
Sergeant Noah Sesay of Police Media said the soldiers even threatened to set
fire on Eastern Police station while Sergeants Edward Macarthy, and Gborie of
Eastern police were among those beaten by the soldiers "Some gun shots were
reportedly fired into the air at the junction of Sackville Street and Abacha
Street to disperse the crowd," the I.G said and continued," We later contacted
Brigadier Nelson-Williams who came and put the situation under control." A
committee had been set up to look into the matter.

   

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