Violence flares in Sierra Leone ahead of presidential vote

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Violence broke out around Sierra Leone's main opposition party headquarters on Wednesday, killing at least one person, days before an election in which President Julius Maada Bio is seeking a second and final term.

Sidi Yahya Tunis, a spokesperson for the opposition All People's Congress said one of its supporters was killed by police. A police spokesperson declined to comment, saying there would be a news conference later.

A mortuary in the city centre of the capital Freetown said it had picked up one body from the area with gunshot wounds.anti-government protests Around 3.4 million Sierra Leoneans are expected to vote on Saturday in the fifth presidential election since the end of a 1991-2002 civil war in which more than 50,000 were killed, hundreds maimed and hundreds of thousands displaced.

 

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