CLA READING COMPREHENTION FOR UN SAAT-25 On Friday, 28 January 2012 at 07.00 hrs a mobile police patrol started their day shift. Two police officers and a police driver drove police vehicle Jeep#864. The first route was from Police Head Quarters towards the fish market. There were three shifts in a day. After forty five minutes the officers saw a crowd of about 20 people on the Main Street of Monrovia, Grid coordinates LG 305-681. The people at the scene were shouting. The Police officers observed that there were two men fighting. Some of the people from the crowd were hitting one of them whom they believed was guilty. He was bleeding from the head. Police officers decided to stop the car. It was very obvious, that if the police patrol would not stop, the perceived offender’s life would have been in danger. It was well known from police sources that 95 mob justice cases had been registered during the past 6 months. Many of these cases had fatal results. The fighters and the crowd were acting aggressively and were very excited. Any step made by the police towards the crowd was also very dangerous. The team leader of the police patrol, using the loud-speaker system warned the mob to stop fighting. It had diverted the attention of the crowd for a moment. There was no time for hesitation. Police officers Fatima along with her colleague rushed into the crowd and took the fighters into a police car. Then they drove to the nearest Police station, located at the airport grid reference LG 307-692. On their way, the team leader of the police patrol gave first aid to the victim and bandaged his head. The driver of the patrol car sent a radio message to the Airport Police Station, reporting the fighting case, adding, that they would be arriving at the Police Station within 10 minutes. When the police patrol arrived to the Police Station the fighters were taken by the duty officer to the interrogation room. The team leader of the patrol car was asked by the commander of the Airport police to proceed to the police station in order to give details as to what had happened. During interrogation the two men involved in the case were asked why they were fighting. The man with the injured head said, that he was 35 years old, lived on Green Street number 81, house no-2/A. He was the employee of the telephone company called “Lone star”. He also stated that he had never seen the offender before. He then said that he left the house at 07.30 hrs for work as usual, but after five minutes suddenly was attacked by the offender. He stated that the offender accused him of being a war criminal and then hit him on the head with an iron pipe. Immediately people from neighboring houses rushed to the scene. Then the police arrived to the scene. The Airport police commander Imanuel Modua asked the patrol team leader to send the driver of the patrol team to the location of the incident and to find the iron pipe for evidence. The driver of the patrol team returned to the scene and found the iron pipe with blood stains, lying on the grass. The Police patrol continued the shift and drove to the forensic laboratory to deliver this exhibit for forensic examination. After the shift was over at 19.00 hrs. the team leader of the patrol team and the driver came to their office to write a report about the results of the shift. They prepare a complete report regarding the incident. They also mention it as a serious crime at that time in Liberia and noticed it to higher authority to prevent that type of incident. Follow up-1 On the following day airport police station made a preliminary charge and sent the criminal to the court at 10.35 hrs. The escort team consists of three police men excluding the team leader Arthur Muhimba. They arrived at the court after nineteen minutes of their departure. The prosecuting judge showed up after fourteen minutes of the team arrival and accused the criminal for assault and attempt to murder and detained him.
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