PHOTO: Cllr. Musa Dean, Justice Min.
Monrovia- The Liberian Justice Ministry has warned that it will drastically deal with anyone who attack the police or security forces in line with the law, in the wake of Tuesday’s mob violence in Zwedru, Grand Gedeh County in which a police station was set ablaze.
“Anyone who obstructs the work of peace officers or attacks them in anyway will be dealt with to the fullest extent of the law,”, Justice Minister Frank Musa Dean is quoted by a press statement by the Ministry of Information dated May 18, 2021.
The statement signed by Information Minister Ledgerhood J. Rennie said, the joint security has restored calm to the southeastern city of Zwedru, Grand Gedeh County, following disturbances earlier in the day which led to the burning of a police station and the reported looting of businesses.
The fracas is said to have ensued when a correction officer, who doubles as a businessman, reportedly died of a stab wound he sustained during a fight some time ago with another trader.
According to the Information Ministry, the police came under attack when they attempted to prevent a mob from attacking the trader and his family whom they blamed for the death of the businessman – even though the deceased businessman had received medical treatment and returned home several days earlier.
The Goverment of Liberia, through the Ministry of Justice, warns that it will not tolerate people taking the law into their own hands. Security forces are currently in pursuit of all the ring leaders and masterminds of today’s violence.