Liberia: Death During Power Theft

Under the cover of darkness, a man believed to be 28 years old who attempted to carry out an illegal connection in the Borough of New kru Town yesterday morning was electrocuted. The man, only identified as Akoi was found hanging up-side down on a high tension wire without shoes and dressed in a pair of shorts and a red-stripped shirt.

The scene, which drew the attention of residents and by-passers on that fateful day in the community, was pathetic as the right foot of the dangling body of the victim was entangled as though it were a trap set for some animals.

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