Conakry — The scenario in Conakry, capital of the Republic of Guinea, is tense.
At least 9 folks died in an assault on the central jail the place former President Moussa Dadis Camara is imprisoned. The circumstances of the assault are nonetheless unclear. According to authorities, in the early hours of November 4, a bunch of armed males stormed the jail after which took away Camara and three different prisoners who, together with the former president, are accused of the September 28, 2009 massacres. Four of those that escaped have been captured once more by police shortly afterwards.
However, Claude Pivi, the navy junta’s former well being minister, continues to be on the run. The 9 victims who died in the assault embody three suspected attackers, 4 members of the safety forces and two occupants of an ambulance, the physician on board and a six-year-old woman who was introduced in by ambulance. According to some reviews, a soldier shot at the ambulance that did not cease at the cease signal. According to Camara’s lawyer, nonetheless, it was not an try to flee, however his consumer claims that he was kidnapped from jail towards his will by the males of the mysterious command. Authorities in Conakry, in the meantime, have dismissed from their posts three military commanders and 75 troopers, gendarmes and jail officers suspected of complicity in the escape.
According to the authorities, movies present that troopers from the Airborne Autonomous Battalion (Bata) opened the gate of the central constructing to permit the escape. The jail was positioned underneath strict surveillance to forestall additional escapes. The seek for Claude Pivi, nicknamed “Coplan”, continues. Meanwhile, his son Verny Pivi is suspected of taking part in a key function in the escape. Claude Pivi is knowledgeable soldier who performed a key function in the navy equipment of Moussa Dadis Camara, significantly in reference to the bloodbath of September 28, 2009. Claude Pivi was charged with homicide, rape, torture and looting in 2013, however remained in custody till his arrest September 2022.
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Camara, who took energy after the coup d’état of December 23, 2008, following the demise of Lansana Conté, and ten navy and authorities officers are accused of the murders, acts of torture, rapes and kidnappings dedicated on September 28, 2009 and the following days by safety forces in a stadium on the outskirts of Conakry, the place tens of 1000’s of opposition supporters had gathered, and in the surrounding areas. According to the report of a United Nations fee of inquiry, no less than 156 folks have been killed, a whole bunch have been injured and no less than 109 ladies have been raped. Guinea is presently dominated by a navy junta that got here to energy in a coup in September 2021 and overthrew President Alpha Condé.
