World IN BRIEF : LIBERIA : Soldier Executed for Killing Civilian
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Liberia’s army publicly executed a soldier who was convicted of murdering a civilian he believed was a rebel. Hundreds of people watched as nine soldiers fired three rounds at the soldier, who was tied to a post. Gen. Hezekiah Bowen, the chief of staff of Liberia’s armed forces, told soldiers looking on that the soldier was an example of what would happen to troops caught looting and killing.
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