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By Mohamed Vandi in Kenema

Yesterday, 4 July, we ran a story about the death of a man in Kenema, Mohamed Alieu who had been bitten by his wife and died allegedly of his injuries.

Well now police have arrested the alleged killer, Jattu Mohamed of IDA Section in Kenema and say she will soon be charged to court.

Police Constable Brima Jusu Musa of the Community Relations Department told Politico that the suspect was arrested early this week by a police officer attached to the disused Kenema Airfield.

By Mathew Kanu In Makeni

The Bombali District Electoral Officer of the National Electoral Commission says voter turnout in Saturday’s parliamentary bye-election in constitutncy 29 in Makeni, was 22.9%. Abubakar Javombo said that in absolute figures 6,727 people voted, out of a total of 29,323 registered voters.

Of those there were 368 void votes making up 5.8%.

The APC candidate Sallieu O Sesay defeated his challenger from the UDM party, Ibrahim Nelson Kamara.

By Mohamed Vandi

The Kenema Police Tribunal has recommended the dismissal of Constable Desmond Lewis currently standing trial in the Kenema Magistrate court on human-trafficking allegations.

Desmond and a nurse, Christiana Alpha are expected to make their first appearance in the High Court Kenema where the matter had been committed by the resident Magistrate Momoh Jah Steven.

By Bampia James Bundu

In its report covering the first half of 2013, the Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) covering the first half of 2013 says that fewer journalists were killed as compared to the same period last year, but that more journalists were kidnapped.

In six months, since January, 56 journalists were killed in 23 countries as compared to 75 during the same period last year, representing a reduction of 25 percent, a release from PEC states.

By Aminata Phidelia Allie

By Jenneh Braima

Sierra Leone’s anti-graft agency has charged seventeen people who it says will soon be arraigned before a High Court in Freetown for corruption offences.

At a press conference the Anti Corruption Commissioner, Joseph Kamara read out the charges which include the misappropriation of public finds, fraudulent reduction of customs charges, corrupt transaction with agents and bribery.