Liberia: Defense Clarifies

The Ministry of National Defense wishes to state categorically that the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) has not been issued any order to shoot and kill anybody on sight, as was reported by some media outlets.

It can be recalled that on Friday, August 15, 2014, Col. Eric W. Dennis, Deputy Chief of Staff of the AFL and a team of security personnel toured counties in Western Liberia, assuring residents that their lives were not threatened, but protected in totality under the watch of the AFL.

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