Eleven year old Regina Kallon is mending her wounds after receiving severe burns on her right hand allegedly inflicted on her by her guardian.
According to the head of the Police media unit at the Kenema police division PC 10322 Prince Kamara informed Awoko that one Massah Alpha of Saama village in the Small Bo Chiefdom in the Kenema district openly poured some kerosene on the right hand of the child and set it ablaze after the child was found stealing cassava from her.
The act did not go down well with elders of the village who then forwarded the matter to the Blama police station from where it was subsequently transferred to the divisional headquarter town of Kenema.
Detective Police Constable 2531 Kabia U. is investigating the matter, but before going to press it was learnt that the matter has been charged to court with the offence of child cruelty.
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