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By Africa24 staff
There are still deep fear and panic among people ahead of the polls in Sierra Leone.
On Tuesday 21 again, lot of panic gripped Freetownians as they heard report that there were unconfirmed shots at Brookfields.
“The police released tear gas canisters at APC office,” said a man at Circular Road.
The man who relayed the panicky news was himself in a panic mood as he rushed to enter into a room while explaining to a woman probably her wife.
Lots of people were standing in groups in most parts in the capital. Many of the traders were parking their goods while they sought to confirm news about the shooting.
Some men and women coming from the direction where the shooting had happened walked in a rush and explained what they might had seen or heard.
At Ambrose Street, central of Freetown, a woman who claimed to have been at the shooting scene was relaying the news to her neighbours.
“I went to buy ice chunks ( ‘inceblocks’) at Brookfields this morning, I was there when they let out a shot” she claimed.
“A group of APC supporters were holding placards when security men started shooting.”
The woman, however, could not mention what sort of shot that was released by the guard.
Some people said they overheard ‘gun shots’.
Although, at the time, the shooting did not last longer, a fired bullet or multiple shots alone had created panic-stricken citizens.
Most people decided to go home early before 12 noon.
Public workers were seen returning home. Some people were spreading the news through phones.
“There are shots at APC house,” a man was explaining on phone to a receiver in the province.
There was an atmosphere of disquiet in Freetown and in other parts of the country between 10a.m and 11 a.m on Wednesday.
A social media video captured a man supposedly killed by the shooting at Brookfields.
The central business area in Freetown became empty. Other parts across the country remained quiet. Shops along Sani Abacha Street were closed. Two Indian shoppers stood in front of their shop at Abacha Street.
But the atmosphere in Makeni was reportedly tense on Wednesday.
A demonstration was said to be going on in Makeni, north of Sierra Leone.
A caller, a friend of our journalist, from Makeni told us Makeni was not calm.
As all these happen, most people believe security officers must try hard to minimize fear on the people.
Police, in particular, are being blamed for acting quickly by releasing shots while trying to disperse crowds or prevent likely protests.
