Sierra Leone News: Councilor and headmen allegedly kill four teens

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James Harding, Sonny Coker, Agibu Sawaneh were arrested on 24 July 2017 for allegedly killing James Sesay, Senebu Koroma, Alie Conteh and Fatta Turay in Matini village within Waterloo. State prosecution on Thursday revealed that the accused took the deceased men for an initiation into the Poro society in early April. Two weeks after the accused persons took the young men into the Poro bush, a search warrant was issued. A ground search of the Poro bush uncovered the bodies of the four youth. The accused were in hiding. The three accused are village Headmen and a Councilor from Waterloo. They made their first appearance on Thursday to answer to the offence of Conspiracy to Murder. The accused persons were remanded as the matter was adjourned to 1 August 2017. SV/27/7/17 By Sylvia Villa Friday July 28,2017.

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