source: WANEP-SL; Salone Times; Awareness Times (Sierra Leone); Awoko; Global Times
actor1: Rioters (Sierra Leone)
actor2: Rioters (Sierra Leone)
location: Freetown
notes: On 26 January 2020, violence escalated in the headquarters of the SLPP ruling party and then in the streets of Freetown city (Western Area Urban, Western), after an attack by supporters of the APC party (opposition). 27 people were reportedly injured. The police forces later arrested 15 suspects linked to the incident including one leader of APC party. The APC dismissed the accusation and said this was an internal clash within SLPP. Another source reports that the confrontation started when group of school growing pupils chanting songs, were passing near the SLPP headquarters on their way from a sport meeting. [size=no report]