Liberia, April 22 -- AFL soldiers in a drill on Armed Forces Day
The day was Wednesday, August 20, 2014 and soldiers of the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) had been deployed in West Point to enforce an Ebola quarantine imposed by the government a previous day. Residents were angered after the commissioner of the seaside township was evacuated on a day the epidemic reached more than 1,300 cases. The soldiers flogged people and the people threw stones at the soldiers. Then there were gunshots and afterwards 15-year-old Shaki Kamara lay on the sidewalk in agony and pain. His right leg shattered by bullet. He died of his wounds later that day.
Opinion by Mae Azango, New Narratives Justice Correspondent
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