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Guinea aide blamed for massacre | Guinea aide blamed for massacre |
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Guinea's military ruler was not responsible for the deaths of dozens of opposition protesters in September, an inquiry carried out for the junta says. | |
It blames instead the man accused of trying to kill him last December - Lt Aboubakar Toumba Diakite. | It blames instead the man accused of trying to kill him last December - Lt Aboubakar Toumba Diakite. |
A previous UN inquiry accused military leader Capt Moussa Dadis Camara of responsibility for the killings. | |
He is currently in Burkina Faso, where he is recuperating after the alleged assassination attempt. | He is currently in Burkina Faso, where he is recuperating after the alleged assassination attempt. |
Human rights groups say that at least 157 activists were killed and dozens of women raped during a pro-democracy rally at football stadium on 28 September last year. | |
'Amnesty' offered | |
Lt Diakite, in hiding since the shooting, has previously told French radio that he shot Capt Camara because he feared the military leader was trying to blame him for the massacre. | |
And prosecutor Siriman Kouyate, head of the Guinean commission of inquiry, laid the blame squarely on the renegade soldier. | |
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"Lt Toumba Diakite and a group of red berets from the presidential guard were responsible for the rapes, murders, injuries and mysterious disappearance of bodies," he said. | |
Mr Kouyate said Lt Diakite should face justice because he had disobeyed orders that the army should stay in the barracks. | |
He added that Capt Camara was "responsible for nothing". | He added that Capt Camara was "responsible for nothing". |
"It has been established that the president did not go to the stadium." | "It has been established that the president did not go to the stadium." |
The Guinean commission said that 58 people had died at the stadium and another five in hospital, according to the AFP news agency. | |
The commission also called for an amnesty for the opposition leaders who called for the pro-democracy protest. | |
These include veteran opposition leader Jean-Marie Dore, who was last month sworn in as prime minister, tasked with steering the country towards an election in six months' time. |