Tweet
Putrid poultry scramble sparks Sierra Leone spat
2016-07-24 20:50
Freetown - A scramble by thousands of people for scraps of imported rotten chicken sparked a huge stand-off between police and residents in Sierra Leone's capital over the weekend, the health ministry said.
The ministry said health inspectors and police were on the hunt for what remained of a huge consignment of putrid poultry imported from Brazil on July 12 and buried at a rubbish dump after health officials deemed it unfit for consumption.
But thousands of residents in the capital Freetown went to the dump after learning about the vast haul of chicken which they then tried to dig out with shovels, hoes and pickaxes.
...
2016-07-24 20:50
Freetown - A scramble by thousands of people for scraps of imported rotten chicken sparked a huge stand-off between police and residents in Sierra Leone's capital over the weekend, the health ministry said.
The ministry said health inspectors and police were on the hunt for what remained of a huge consignment of putrid poultry imported from Brazil on July 12 and buried at a rubbish dump after health officials deemed it unfit for consumption.
But thousands of residents in the capital Freetown went to the dump after learning about the vast haul of chicken which they then tried to dig out with shovels, hoes and pickaxes.
...
