The people of Sengbeh Chiefdom in the Koinadugu district past week breathe a sigh of relief following the killing of a certain mysterious animal that had for the past three months terrorized and killed people across the chiefdom.
The strange animal according to police reports, on the 29th August, 2005 attacked and killed one Forah Koroma of Yomandugu village and on the 4th October, 2005 also attacked and killed Saio Koroma of Momoriemaria village all in the Sengbeh chiefdom, while they were on their way to their farms.
The Director of Police Media and Public Relations Unit (MPRU), Inspector Alhaji Kelfallah Bangura, yesterday confirmed to Awareness Times the killing of this mysterious animal.
According to Inspector Bangura, the animal in question was killed on Tuesday 8th November, 2005 at a village called Dangawali in the Sengbeh chiefdom by a means of a native trap that was set in a farm owned by one Moseray Kargbo.
Inspector Bangura quoted police sources in Kabala, the district headquarter town as describing the animal as very close in semblance to a leopard and that the carcass is presently on display at the compound of PC Alie Balla Sama Marah III of Sengbeh Chiefdom.
When this mystery animal was first reported, there was no actual description for it, suffice it only that it ate the entrails of its victims and that it was very strong and fast. It could be recalled that when this animal started causing havoc on the people of Sengbeh, it almost disrupted farming activities in the chiefdom as people were very afraid of it. It was reported that the animal appears on its victim with such swiftness that it was impossible to escape from it. This, according sources had made the people afraid the more.
This is the second animal to terrorize residents in that part of the country. The first was a lion..
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