The justice minister said gunmen stormed the capital's main prison and freed Camara. Heavy gunshots were reported in Conakry, with the Justice Ministry saying the borders were shuttered.
Gunmen stormed the main prison in the Conakry capital of Guinea on Saturday, freeing 2008 coup leader Moussa"Dadis" Camara, the justice minister said.
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.What do we know about the shooting in Guinea?
"There is gunfire from both automatic and weapons of war in Kaloum," a witness from the area who preferred to remain anonymous told the French AFP news agency.
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