Kate Dooley

What I know so far about the situation unfolding in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown this morning. Hello Friends, News from Sierra Leone this morning as reported by the President Bio is that a group of unidentified individuals tried to break into Wilberforce weapons store. He says the military was able to “rebuff” the attack on the armory. However journalists Amadu Lamrana Bah and Umaru Fofanah both confirm in Facebook posts that there’s more to the story. According to Lamrana: A military source told him an “unknown group of military officers” had “taken arms away” from the armory. He said shots fired at Wilberforce, Cockeriel and Murray Town barracks. Umaru Fofana says he went out to check and got to Congo Cross: “We just came face-to-face with soldiers who said to us “we will clean this society. We know what we’re up to. We are not after any ordinary civilians who should go about their normal business. Armed police who were parked on the street with their vehicle freshly hit by bullet, initially advised us not to proceed. Seconds later they were lured into going back to the roundabout where I saw their vehicle being taken over by soldiers with RPG mounted on their shoulders.” A nationwide curfew has been declared with immediate effect across Sierra Leone. Citizen journalists confirm hearing gunshots. US Embassy Freetown condemned the attempted “forceful seizure” of the Wilberforce armory in a tweet.