(MFWA/IFEX) – On 29 October 2004, rampaging youths in the capital, Monrovia, attacked a vehicle carrying a team of journalists from the independent newspaper “The Analyst”. The journalists had gone to verify news of hostilities that were alleged to have broken out in a Monrovia suburb between Christian and Muslim youths. According to MFWA sources, […]
(MFWA/IFEX) – On 29 October 2004, rampaging youths in the capital, Monrovia, attacked a vehicle carrying a team of journalists from the independent newspaper “The Analyst”.
The journalists had gone to verify news of hostilities that were alleged to have broken out in a Monrovia suburb between Christian and Muslim youths. According to MFWA sources, the angry youths surrounded “The Analyst”‘s vehicle and threatened to kill the staff.
The thugs, armed with machetes, sticks, rocks and other deadly objects, hit the vehicle repeatedly and ordered the occupants to get out. The journalists identified themselves and pleaded with the attackers, saying they were neutral in the episode and were only carrying out their work. Nevertheless, the youths vandalised the vehicle, breaking the back window in the process.
