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Arrests made in connection with killings in Upper Lofa

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    Government troops have arrested an unspecified number of suspects in connection with the killing of 16 people on Thursday at Nikegbozu in upper Lofa County, near Liberia's border with Guinea, news organisations reported. Star radio quoted a government statement as saying that the killings were in retaliation for a recent massacre in Lawalazu, also near the Guinean border. AFP reported witnesses to the Lawalazu incident as saying that the killers had decapitated more than 12 people. The two incidents involved people from rival ethnic groups, the news organisations reported. The assistant minister of information and public affairs, Geoff Mutada, told IRIN the information ministry was unable to confirm these reports. "We are currently trying to find out what is happening," he said.

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