MONROVIA, April 17 (LINA) -Justice Minister Benedict F. Sannoh has stressed that government will not condone impunity and disruption of the peace and security of the state.

 
Minister Sannoh said the attention of the Ministry of Justice has been drawn to three incidents over the past two days involving motorbike riders, which directly or indirectly may have contributed to the violence that took place in the Paynesville area and its environs on Thursday, April 16.
 
In a special statement regarding the violence in Paynesville, Minister Sannoh said he was informed that a motorbike rider, who was fleeing from Police after he allegedly assaulted one of them at the GSA Road intersection, fell from his motorbike and was rushed to the hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
 
According to him, this was the third motorbike rider death in two days.
 
“It appears that when the news of this third death got to the bike riders, they went on a rampage in which they vandalized and destroyed five Police Depots, released all detainees and set one of the Stations ablaze,” Sannoh indicated.
 
He noted that an Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) soldier, who reportedly assaulted and killed a bike rider in Thinkers Village, has been arrested and detained by authorities of the AFL.
 
Sannoh explained that the Minister of Defence and the Chief of Staff of the AFL will soon make a determination as to whether he will be tried by the AFL under the UCMJ, or will be disrobed and turned over to the Ministry of Justice for Prosecution.
 
The other incident involved a commercial vehicle that was involved in an accident with a motorbike, killing the rider.
 
The vehicle driver has been arrested and will face prosecution, the minister said.  
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