Guinea's ex-ruler was responsible for stadium massacre -former aide

FILE PHOTO - Guinea's former President Moussa Dadis Camara, who is accused of responsibility for the 2009 massacre and mass rape of pro-democracy protesters by forces linked to a former military junta, talks during his trial in Conakry, Guinea September 28, 2022. REUTERS/Souleymane Camara

CONAKRY (Reuters) - The former aide-de-camp of Guinea's ex-military ruler Moussa Dadis Camara told a court on Monday that Camara had planned and ordered the 2009 stadium massacre of more than 150 people.

"Everything that happened at the stadium was prepared by President Dadis. It was the children of Kaleah (a military training camp) who descended on the stadium," said Lieutenant Aboubacar Sidiki Diakite, sometimes known as "Toumba."