Guinean ex-dictator Moussa Dadis Camara's defence team pleaded for his acquittal Monday over a 2009 massacre, insisting he had nothing to do with one of the darkest moments in the nation's history.Guinean ex-dictator Moussa Dadis Camara’s defence team pleaded for his acquittal Monday over a 2009 massacre, insisting he had nothing to do with one of the darkest moments in the nation’s history.
At least 156 people were killed, 109 women were raped and hundreds of people injured, according to a UN-mandated commission of inquiry. The actual figures are thought to be higher. Dadis Camara “did everything in his power to prevent this from happening,” Traore argued in the plea, calling the massacre “an accident designed to sully” the ex-dictator’s image.
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