source: WANEP-SL; Inter Press Service; Agence de Presse Africaine; Awoko; SL-LED
actor1: APC: All People's Congress
actor2: Civilians (Sierra Leone)
location: Freetown
notes: On 31 March 2018, a journalist was beaten whilst covering the presidential run-off election in Freetown. Sources indicate that APC supporters, acting under the instructions of senior APC officials such as the former Mayor of Freetown and a former Public Relations Officer in the Ministry of Agriculture, were responsible for the violence. The victim died on June 6th, reportedly as a result of his injuries.