Guinea’s ex-military leader denies role in massacre
Published: 04:12 PM,Dec 12,2022 | EDITED : 08:12 PM,Dec 12,2022
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Guinea’s ex-military leader Moussa Dadis Camara on Monday denied charges that he was responsible for a 2009 stadium massacre, as he took the stand for the first time in a long-awaited trial.
Camara was the ruler of Guinea when more than 150 people were killed during a pro-democracy rally on September 28, 2009. Tens of thousands of people had gathered at a stadium in Conakry to press him not to stand in a presidential election the following year.
Many were shot, stabbed, beaten or crushed in a stampede as security forces fired teargas and charged the stadium.
Camara was the ruler of Guinea when more than 150 people were killed during a pro-democracy rally on September 28, 2009. Tens of thousands of people had gathered at a stadium in Conakry to press him not to stand in a presidential election the following year.
Many were shot, stabbed, beaten or crushed in a stampede as security forces fired teargas and charged the stadium.