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World Service,4 mins

Police in Sierra Leone address mob justice

Focus on Africa

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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 Âé¶¹Éç'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)

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