2023-11-04 10:12:04
Former head of the military junta Moussa Dadis Camara was taken out of prison on Saturday morning by a heavily armed commando during an operation which gave rise to heavy exchanges of fire in the center of Conakry, AFP was told. lawyers and a judicial source.
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Escape to Guinea. The former head of the ruling military junta, Moussa Dadis Camara, was taken out of prison on Saturday morning, November 4, by a heavily armed commando during an operation which gave rise to heavy exchanges of fire in the center of Conakry , lawyers and a judicial source told AFP.
“I learned that there was an escape from the civil prison of Conakry which concerned my client Moussa Dadis Camara,” said his lawyer Jocamey Haba. He raised the possibility that his client was taken once morest his will.
Guinean Justice Minister Charles Wright also declared on the radio that Moussa Dadis Camara – one of the accused in the September 28, 2009 massacre trial – had been released from prison along with three of his former high-ranking officers. , following gunshots were heard and military vehicles and special forces were seen in the streets of the Guinean capital.
Saturday morning, gunshots were heard in the Kaloum district, according to residents of Conakry. “There was a lot of shooting around 4 a.m. GMT, and this (Saturday) morning once more gunshots were heard,” Aminata Soumah, a resident of Kaloum, told Archyde.com by telephone.
Exchanges of gunfire in the Kaloum district
The Kaloum district is home to the presidential palace and other administrative buildings as well as the prison in which Moussa Dadis Camara was detained.
Local media reported earlier that these events were linked to an armed attempt to free Moussa Dadis Camara.
A military source, speaking anonymously, confirmed that gunshots had been heard around the Kaloum district without giving further details.
Guinea is led by Mamadi Doumbouya, in power since his 2021 coup.
Several countries in Central and West Africa have experienced putsches in recent years. Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Chad and Gabon are also led by the military.
With AFP and Archyde.com
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