Tears And Wailng As Sierra Leone Holds Mass Burial For Over 300 Mudslide Victims (Photos)

The photos below were taken as graves were being dug for  remaining victims of a mudslide in Regent, near Freetown, Sierra Leone.

Though hundreds were buried on Tuesday and Wednesday, however over 400 people have been confirmed dead in the incident that happened after a hillside in the Regent collapsed on Monday morning, following a night of heavy rain, sending mud sliding down and covering houses where people were sleeping The Red Cross said on Wednesday that there are roughly 600 people still missing, suggesting that the death toll would likely rise. Some 9,000 people were affected by the disaster, in the West African country still recovering from the Ebola crisis that killed 4,000 people from 2014-2016.

Aid workers said there was a high risk of disease outbreaks such as cholera, as corpses are lying out in the open in the heat.


Relatives of dead victims have been asked to come to the city’s overwhelmed mortuary to identify their loved ones, as the press statement from President Ernest Bai Koroma’s office, further said that all unidentified corpses will be given a “dignified burial” in the coming days.

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Posted: at 18-08-2017 07:31 AM (6 years ago) | Addicted Hero

So painful

Posted: at 18-08-2017 07:42 AM (6 years ago) | Gistmaniac

It's a big shame the Nigeria being an ECOWAS power house as they claim did  NOT send a contingent of Military Engineers with Humanitarian aid for the victims of this disaster and to help in search and rescue for the flood victims.

Even Buhari have the guts to send them condolence  message from his sick bed in UK but NEVER do so to the victims Ozubulu massacre in his own country.
My heart is bleeding, I am wailing for this great loss. May God give them the fortitude and consolation at this trying time. May the dead RIP.

Posted: at 18-08-2017 07:55 AM (6 years ago) | Upcoming

May tbier souls rest in peace

Posted: at 18-08-2017 08:19 AM (6 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Life Is But A Temporary Thing.One Is Here Today, And Tomorrow They Are No More.How I Wish We Live Beautifully.Nawaa O!

Posted: at 18-08-2017 08:40 AM (6 years ago) | Gistmaniac

WHAT HAS BUHARI GOT TO DO WITH THIS...IT IS OBVIOUS YOU ARE A TRIBAL BIGOT

Posted: at 18-08-2017 08:47 AM (6 years ago) | Hero