Guinea's escaped ex-junta leader is back in custody after "kidnapping" - lawyer

A convoy of Guinean security forces patrol a street, after former head of Guinea's 2008 military junta, Moussa Dadis Camara, was sprung from prison by heavily armed men in Conakry in the early hours of Saturday along with three other high-ranking officers, in Conakry, Guinea November 4, 2023. REUTERS/Souleymane Camara

CONAKRY (Reuters) -Guinea's former military ruler, Moussa Dadis Camara, is back in custody, his lawyer said on Saturday, denying Camara was a willing participant in an earlier armed jailbreak that he described as a kidnapping by force.

Residents of the capital Conakry woke up to the sound of gunfire in the early hours of Saturday as heavily armed men sprang Camara and three other officers out of a central prison, prompting the Guinean authorities to launch a nationwide manhunt.