By Nneka Nwogwugwu
Liberia Police in Paynesville have arrested seven persons in connection to brutality meted against two employees of the Paynesville City Corporation (PCC) Waste Management Department.
The incident happened after the PCc staff had gone to confront them for illegally disposing waste at a site just cleaned by the city government.
Those arrested are Tonny Moses, Alfred Tokpah, Patrick Scott, and Alex Dah-yah and were charged for aggravated assault, while Kemah Weah, Samuel T. Smith, and Bendu Smith were charged for obstruction of the city management functions.
The PCC staff were attacked on Wednesday, August 18, at the Kende Town Community along the RIA Highway. They were brutalized, leading to severe wounds on their heads and other body parts.
According to eyewitnesses, the PCC Waste Management staff were three, but Aminata Konnehand Emmanuel Dahn had attempted stopping a fellow, which resulted into him resisting and allegedly hitting the PCC staff with the shovel he had.
Few minutes later he was later joined by others residents, whom according to the Paynesville City Corporation, overpowered the Waste Management staff and wounded two of the three who were on the scene.
