Liberia: Street Sellers, Police Clash

The Liberia National Police (LNP) created a scene yesterday when they clashed with some street vendors in their effort to have them removed from the sidewalks in central Monrovia. Speaking to journalists at the scene around Randall and Broad Street intersections, the Deputy Police for Operation at the LNP, Abraham Kromah, said it was wrong for the street vendors to throw stones at police officers.

He said street vendors have been given prior notice to leave the sidewalks but they had since remained resolute and adamant to heed the LNP's advice.

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