麻豆社

In the east end of Freetown, eyewitnesses say alleged robbers who were armed with machetes were set upon and butchered by angry locals, in the presence of police. The head of Police Operations in Sierra Leone Al-Sheik Kamara explains to the 麻豆社's Akwasi Sarpong his version of what happened when the angry youths caught up with the alleged robbers.

(Photo: A city sign in Freetown. Credit: CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images)