Liberia: President Weah Orders Probe Into Kingsville Shooting Incident

Kingsville #7 shooting incident: As the LNP officers attempted to remove the roadblocks, they were greeted by a hail of stones and other flying objects, which provoked the discharge of firearms (AK-47s) using live ammunition.

As though the shooting of unarmed protesters by Police in Kingsville on Monday, June 24, 2019, was not sanctioned by any superior officers of the Liberia National Police (LNP), the President, George Weah has called on authorities of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to move quickly and probe circumstances surrounding the "unfortunate" incident that reportedly left a citizen dead and others injured in Montserrado County.

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