Barnersville – At least one person has been confirmed shot during a riot in Barnersville early Wednesday morning.
Report by Lennart Dodoo, [email protected]
The head nurse at the THT Clinic in Barnesville confirmed the bullet wounds but said the victim, identified as Helena Nimley, is recovering. The bullet, according to nurses at the clinic probably passed through her neck as it could not be found.
Helena told reporters that she was grateful to God that she’s still alive.
“I came from the clinic crossing the road and I saw the police shooting in the crowd, suddenly they shot me and I fell,” she explained.
She continued, “If I was going to die it was going to be very bad for my kids. My kids are fatherless, how were they go going to manage?”
Helena believes that police were shooting indiscriminately.
The riot began when a group of angry youth decided to violently avenge the death of two motorcyclists who were hit by a truck on Kebbah Road.
According to eyewitnesses, the angry youth smashed the windscreen of the truck and attempted setting it ablaze.
The standoff which lasted for hours intensified after the police starting firing live bullets and teargas to disperse the crowd.
Deputy Police Inspector General for Administration, Col. Sadiatu Reeves told reporters that two officers of the National Police are undergoing investigation on the shooting incident.
She said the police authority will hold a press conference later today to release details on the incident.
Abraham Darius Dillon, a member of the opposition Liberty Party in a comment relating to this morning shooting recalled the killing of the teenager Shaki Kamara in West Point by officers of the Armed Forces of Liberia. “The cold-blooded shooting this morning of a woman in the Kebbah Community in Garnerville allegedly by an officer of the Liberia National Police, reminds me of the late Shaki Kamara who was similarly shot to death by an ALF soldier back in 2014 in the Township of West Point. This reckless act on part of state security must be frowned upon and harshly condemned. For the respect of the dead, I will not post her photo. We need to demand justice for this innocent woman. The Police leadership must act now. This is a huge negative against this govt that we should not allow to just go away,” he wrote.
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