Security forces have been patrolling the streets of capital, Freetown, following a series of attacks on Sunday.
Thirteen soldiers were among the 19 killed during Sunday’s violence in Sierra Leone, which saw gunmen attacking a military barracks and prisons, an army spokesman has said.
Sierra Leoneans spent Sunday under a nationwide curfew amid disarray in capital, Freetown.
The information minister described the attacks as “co-ordinated and planned”.
A BBC correspondent saw armed men on the streets chanting that they would “clean” Sierra Leone.
As well as the 13 soldiers, one police officer, one civilian and a private security employee were also killed along with three of the attackers, Army spokesman Col Issa Bangura said.
Eight soldiers were also wounded in action.
In the attack on one of the prisons, some 1,890 inmates escaped, the Reuters news agency said, citing a situation report.
