Trial of September 28 in Guinea: Moussa Dadis Camara gives way to the bar
A man walks towards the entrance to the 28-September stadium, on the eve of the opening of the trial of the 2009 massacres. AFP - CELLOU BINANI
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Called fifteen times to the bar, a record, the former head of state is the main defendant in the trial of the massacre of September 28, 2009. Heard for the last time this Wednesday, January 25, Moussa Dadis Camara gave the floor to the gendarme Blaise Goumou.
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With our correspondent in Conakry,
Matthias Raynal
This morning, nothing new at the criminal court of Dixinn.
Since December 12, it is Moussa Dadis Camara who has been questioned for his role in the massacre of more than 150 people and the rape of more than a hundred women on September 28, 2009, during an opposition meeting. at the Conakry stadium.
Two of his lawyers then ask him their last questions.
“
Very well, Mr. President.
Can you conclude in these terms:
"I have nothing to do with the events of September 28. I have never given the order to any soldier, to any citizen, to go to the stadium of 28-September"?
The ex-putschist rejects all responsibility for the massacre.
“
I gave no orders.
No one gave me orders.
»
And then, shortly before noon, Constable Blaise Goumou, a member of the special services at the time, will be able to give his version of the facts.
He says he was on the esplanade of the Conakry stadium on September 28, 2009. “
They came in 4 or 5 pick-ups.
It was
Toumba
[Diakité, editor's note] who was in front, he came down and started for the inside of the stadium, shooting.
When they started shooting, we left, we went back.
»
Without trying anything to help the unarmed Guineans who were at the stadium, insists the prosecutor.
The appearance of Blaise Goumou must resume next Monday.
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