Gunmen stormed the main prison in the Conakry capital of Guinea on Saturday, freeing 2008 coup leader Moussa “Dadis” Camara, the justice minister said.
The center of Guinea’s capital city of Conakry was sealed off on Saturday, witnesses said, as gunfire rang out near the administrative heart of the city.
Justice Minister Charles Alphonse Wright told Radio Fim FM several hours after the reported gunfight that others were also able to escape alongside Camara, including military figures Claude Pivi and Blaise Goumou. The duo were also being tried alongside Camara.
“We will find them. And those responsible will be held accountable,” Wright told local Radio Fim FM.
Camara is on trial for a 2009 massacre which left at least 157 people killed. Tens of thousands had gathered at Conakry’s stadium to dissuade him from running for president when soldiers, police and militia members opened fire at them.
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