Angry residents on Front Street Thursday evening mobbed to 6death a man believed to be a notorious criminal.
The man, only identified as Veko, a resident of West Point, was stoned to death by the residents when he and his colleagues attacked the area to terrorize peaceful citizens.
According to an eye witness account, Veko met his demise when he and his colleagues robbed a Lebanese businessman of his money and other items and were escaping the scene when the Lebanese businessman sounded that they were thieves.
The angry crowd chased them while another group arm-bushed them in the Front Street community. There Veko was mobbed to death while his colleague, not identified, escaped with the money with serious wounds, eyewitnesses say.
Marry Kollie, a resident of the community who claimed that she was on the scene of the incident, said while in the process of chasing Veko, two of his alleged criminal friends managed to escape but were badly wounded.
"His two friends were badly wounded, one eye was plugged out and the leg of the other was chopped...but Veko was unfortunate to be killed," Madam Kollie.
She said when the two alleged criminals escaped, Veko was captured and stoned to death on the spot.
Madam Kollie alleged that Veko was one of the notorious criminals who usually terrorized the community at night.
She said although the killing of Veko was horrible, however, she believes it would serve as a deterrent for others.
According to our reporter who visited the scene Thursday morning, the lifeless body of Veko was seen lying upper Front Street with the head bust up.
Our reporter said one of his legs was broken.
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THAT IS HOW IT IS SUPPOSE TO BE. GRAB THEM, KILL THEM.
I know is not a good thing to take someone life, bit as you can see these people are giving the other who have work to live better problem!! These Criminal need to be stop, and stop them now before they take over Liberia
That is stupid jungle justice because of a Lebanese that is not paying any tax in Liberia....The lebanese must be hold responsible for this.
In response to the writer A fromlove, rubbish, so the Lebanese man should be robbed by a criminal like veko and his friends. and by the way how you got to know that the Lebanese men don't pay taxes. some of you go on the net and write nonsense. You got corruption married to the Government why not talk about that, if you got nothing to contribute then shut up. KILL THOSE ROUGES
Goodguy, I am in support of your comment against Afromlove. Do not be amazed, from Afromlove's comment, he could be an accomplice of Veko, the notorious criminal that was lynched.
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