Armed commandos take Guinean ex-dictator from prison
Former Guinean dictator Moussa Dadis Camara was on Saturday taken from prison by a heavily armed commando during an operation that sparked heavy gunfire in the capital Conakry, lawyers and a judicial source said.
"I continue to think he was kidnapped. He has confidence in the justice of his country, which is why he would never try to escape," he added, referring to the trial against Camara currently under way.The sound of gunfire could be heard before dawn in Kaloum - a central district located on a peninsula that houses the presidency and several top government and administrative offices as well as the military headquarters and the main prison.
"I wanted to go to the port area where I work but was prevented from leaving , where armoured vehicles have been deployed." Guinean media reported that Dadis Camara had escaped alongside Moussa Tiegboro Camara and Claude Pivi.He and about 10 other former military and government officials are accused over a 2009 massacre carried out by security forces loyal to the then-junta leader.
It opened in September last year at the urging of the new strongman, Colonel Doumbouya. After his coup, he promised to rebuild the Guinean state and make justice his"compass".
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