These photos show a Guinean soldier stabbing a supposed protestor in broad daylight. The scenes are even more brutal than those which were revealed the day after the September 28 massacre in Conakry, something which junta chief Moussa Dadis Camara refuses to accept responsibility for, saying that he was "overwhelmed" by his army.
The following account comes from the person who took the photos. His story has been verified by one of our Observers, Kouyaté, who went to the spot where the stabbing took place. He spoke to another eyewitness, who gave the same story.
UPDATE (16.10.09 - 11am Paris time): the Red Cross confirms having had picked up a man with knife injuries on 29 September in the Bambeto district. The victim was in a critical condition, but still alive on arrival at Donka hospital. We will further update this post if we receive more information.
Philippe took the photos from a building nearby and sent them to FRANCE 24.
A car pulled up. It must
have been around half past three in the afternoon. Then a second car arrived, then a
third. In that one, a Mitsubishi Pajero, there were eight youths who had been
arrested by the police.
The soldiers got out of the vehicles and started chasing local residents [the scene takes place in Conakry, between the Bambeto and Cosa districts, where the people are majority Peul origin - Guinea's biggest ethnic group. Junta chief Moussa Dadis Camara belongs to the minority ethnic group ‘Guerzé', also known as the forestiers (or woodsmen)].
One of the youths in the back of the Pajero took the chance to run off. But a soldier shot at him and he collapsed. The soldiers dragged him back to the car.
There then followed a discussion between the soldiers. Knowing he was going to die, should they leave him there or take him along with them?
Eventually they drove off. Two soldiers remained, along with the guy who was bleeding to death on the ground. One of the soldiers who stayed had a knife. He came up to the guy and stabbed him three times - once in the chest, once in the stomach, and once in the back. A car from the presidential guard was sent to pick up the two soldiers.
After they left, I went down to the man. He wasn't moving. I'm sure he was dead. The Red Cross came to pick him up about an hour later.
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It's sickening
Submitted by esl classes (not verified) on Wed, 28/10/2009 - 05:32.I think about the photographer when he took the shots. Must have been terrible for him too, traumatizing.
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PARIS MASSACRE.. and MUDER
Submitted by Unregistered user (not verified) on Sun, 18/10/2009 - 17:21.17 OCTOBER 1961 PARIS FRANCE, FRENCH ALGERIAN CITIZENS MARCH ASKING TO END AND INDEPENDENCE WAR BETWEEN ALGERIA AND FRANCE. FRENCH POLICE OPEN FIRE AND MASSACRE, UNDER ODERS FROM Maurice Papon A FORMER NAZI COLLABRATOR.. THE INJURED WERE THROWN INTO THE RIVER SEINE TO DROWN AND DIE BY FRENCH POLICE..
HMM SOUNDS FAMILIAR. BUT ONLY DIFFERENCE THE EU DID NOT IMPOSE SANCTIONS ON FRANCE, THE PEOPLE WHO COMMITED THE CRIMES WERE NOT BROUGHT TO JUSTICE, FRANCE REFUSES TO LAUNCH INVESTIGATION WHERE OVER 200 PEOPLE WERE MUDERED.. OHH AND NO UN HUMAN RIGHTS INVESTIAGTION AND FRENCH TV DOES NOT EVEN COVER OR COMPARE THIS MASSACRE.. SO FOR FRANCE TO FORCUS ITS SO CALLED BIAS AGAINST GUINEA IS A JOKE.....
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Weak
Submitted by Conor (not verified) on Wed, 21/10/2009 - 22:32.Um... how about... Wow- these pictures of "soldiers" with obviously no regard for human life are disturbing, and make me sick. God bless the people of Guinea and their suffering; and God bless all of the other people suffering needlessly around the world.
All crimes of murder are equally appalling and are equally condemned by rational people.
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Submitted by jumajawdi (not verified) on Tue, 20/10/2009 - 18:25.You are just stupid and arrogant devoid of any logic and reasoning. If the Guinean Soldiers should come to power on the promise of saving them only to turn around and butcher and rape their own people, cannot be comparable to what you quoted. Being inhumanly treated by your own people is worst than anything you can imagine. What is the point of getting independence and self governance.
If you know the history of Guinea, then you will understand the actions of the people.The have being through two of the worst dictatorial regimes in West Africa for over fifty years. A third would be too much to swallow.
The history you are quoting is out of context and very irrelevant here.
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Your comment is
Submitted by Unregistered user (not verified) on Tue, 20/10/2009 - 11:54.Your comment is meaningless...and stupid.
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This soldiers should be
Submitted by Polonia (not verified) on Sat, 17/10/2009 - 22:57.This soldiers should be dead. I imagine how to do this. They should be dead. They are only animals, theirs mothers should to kill they when have seen evil in .
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Dadis plus mechant qu'Hitler
Submitted by DialloUK (not verified) on Fri, 16/10/2009 - 12:57.Il faut absolument envoyer dadis dans la cour international penal pour que lui et ses badauts complices perissent. J'appelle les guineens de tout genre de s'organiser pour eliminer un a un tout les militaires guineens qui ne peuvent que tuer leur propre peuple. Quelle honte ! Dadis doit etre egorger comme un poulet te pendu en plein journee au pont 8 novembre car c'est un chien arrager. Un animal ni foi ou loi qui ne croit qu'a l'arme. Il ya t il un soldat patriote qui pourra eliminer physiquement Dadis ?
Que la paix soit sur les victimes et tout les assassins soient chatier. Amen
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This is an autrocity and a
Submitted by kifagi (not verified) on Fri, 16/10/2009 - 07:39.This is an autrocity and a shame.
STOP KILLING YOUR OWN PEOPLE FOR WHITE INTERESTS, STOP SELLING YOUR PEOPLE INTO SLAVERY, STOP KILLING YOUR OWN HUMANITY FOR MONEY AND SPECIAL INTEREST!!!!!!!
Why, some of you ask? Because of the governments collective ego and their bipartisan reltionships with other foreign interest. Why is it that African Countries always are the poorest, while white corporation interest deplete the African natural resources for pennies on the dollar?
The revolution of Guinea begins when people stand up and fight for their liberties. GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH should be the cry of Guinea. The people of Guinea must fight the regeme power, revolution, power to the people!!
The people of Guinea control the country, not the government!
Protest, stand up for yourselves demand to be treated with respect and dignity if nothing else, strike, fight the system with non-violent protesting.
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These pictures look like bs.
Submitted by Unregistered user (not verified) on Fri, 16/10/2009 - 22:52.These pictures look like bs. There is not a drop of blood anywhere. For a guy that was shot and stabbed 3 times not to have any blood come out of him is pretty weird. Don't you think?
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Stop watching american
Submitted by Unregistered user (not verified) on Tue, 20/10/2009 - 13:50.Stop watching american movies... ;)
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Whether there is blood or
Submitted by jumajawdi (not verified) on Sat, 17/10/2009 - 16:06.Whether there is blood or not is irrelevant at this time of misery. The question is the inhuman treatment meted out to the Guinean people by the soldiers who were suppose to protect them in the first place. This pictures are just a part of a bigger story. Imagine if it was you yourself, your brother, uncle or father who was subjected to the same treatment of being shot and drag across the road and thereafter abandon to die. This is very sad and wants to make me cry. If you cannot sympathize with the the Guinean, just don't post this kind of comments again, it is very disheartening to provoke the Guinean people in their time misery. Please have a heart and be human.
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Could humans please stay humane
Submitted by Jake Brady (not verified) on Fri, 16/10/2009 - 09:06.And we say animals are cruel. If only the humanity could wake up the humans in us!
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On the Ideal of cruel Government
Submitted by Unregistered user (not verified) on Mon, 26/10/2009 - 22:25.When something this obvious comes up can you not get a team of do-gooders to with experience & deploy them to do harsh realities to these inhumane people?
When they realize that the evil that they are doing get an instant retribution
then the evils stops or slows?
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its a shame
Submitted by anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 16/10/2009 - 07:22.These baboons are uncivil and belong in hell. How dare they commit such heinous crimes, without even a smidge of reluctance. It's a crying shame. No wonder why the stereotype of Africa is always laden with third world, uncivil behaviours.
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Phillipe, I salute you!
Submitted by Unregistered user (not verified) on Thu, 15/10/2009 - 23:37.Nice clandestine work Phillipe!Now we can identify those heartless animals!
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they will identify them but
Submitted by TENI (not verified) on Fri, 16/10/2009 - 18:13.they will identify them but they will not punish these guys . I m from Mali the next door nation to Guinee and trust me these bastards in Africa always get away with human right violation. No morality at all
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Something inhuman and brutal,
Submitted by Hibo on Thu, 15/10/2009 - 22:24.I do not know whether the creation of evil in us or we humans are created almost evil .Unfortunately, I see all that evil and inhuman violence and military personnel to the general Guinean people or for everyone who stands in their way or do not agree with them
This often occurs in most third world countries and not limited to a particular State.
Anyone who does not fight and kill Iwiantm and enjoy during the killing and beating and throwing the bodies of the dead. Something inhuman and brutal, unfortunately.
And not just the leader of the military junta in power Dadis Musa Camara, of his crimes, but avoids all the leaders of third world countries to run away from their crimes against human rights and the charges hurled towards the soldiers and followers of the government.
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Submitted by Unregistered user (not verified) on Fri, 16/10/2009 - 02:36.Dadis and his criminal gang is only 108 person (39 Militaire and 69 civilians).International community can sen a few snipers to arrest this gang.3 civilian Ministera have resigned and many senior Militaire officiers have left the country secretly.
Dadis is uneducated, but he should know that Adolf Hitler, Milosowitch,Charles Taylor,Johnny Paul,|foday Sanko could not excape jusstice.Will Dadis hide in Burkina Faso au Senegal or Maroc
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Submitted by Unregistered user (not verified) on Thu, 15/10/2009 - 21:44.This is shameful for that governement to see it's forces killing they own people like rebeles but he is a shameless moderer and stupid he going to creat ethinic and civil war in guinea. He said he will not be a candidate for the election but he knew he was lying to the guineans untill he finished recuiritng forener rebeles from where he came from also from liberia. guinea is in truble at this time by this stupid criminal animal killer.Guineans are not lucky yet to get good president may Almighty God help them to get good leader who will show marcy and love to his people and his country.
Please please please!!!. world comunitee help guineans for this problem to get this criminal and all his gangs rebeles also their back helpers out of power!!!! if you fail to do this I will tell you guinea's arms falling in rebeles hands it will be disaster,dangrours for guineans and all countries it share border with, Guinea used to be the house of refuges from siera leone and liberia but the guineans may going to be a refugese somewhere else soon if the world powers no help guineans please we need your help. If this continue where the guineans are have to go??? the answer is nowhere to go.
France ,united Kingdom ,America ,African union EU and all World comunitee please and please we need yur help.special for France guinea was colonise by you please do not listen to one useles and stupid person and forget the rest of the populations of guinea.As we look back guinea was far more beter under french colony than now it's shameful realy very reach country and small population but the people are very poor even for food it's Citzen dying in the seas every day for reaching europe or everywhere they can. if you go to Senegal,Mali, Siera Leone, Liberia , Guinea Bissau ,Ivory coast and Gambia believe me you will think that you are in Guinea for the guineans they are everywhere in the world whoever get chance escepe he/she will do it as quick as he/she can it's shameful please change this for us .Can you emaging goverment forces open fire on unarmed civilians raping women putin hands and they guns in women's privet part then shot stabbing people to death ohh! God whenever I look thos photos on france24 I will feel mad. what kind of stupid government forces are they?? I think ther are real rebeles and terorist for their own people. The government forces use to protect their citizens but this not for guinea forces they killing the population for one person we know what happened in 2007 as well. Because even a stupid person know the people are gethered in football studuim are no go there for fighting was only to protest.They kill them only for racisim he knew the majority people were there are fula malenke and litle sousou his own ethinic was not there
then sent his rebeles who killed many in liberia and his ethinic gangs to kill the people can you see the polices, army forces, red beret and even the persidencial guard red beret how they shoting ,raping and stabbing people to death it's superising me every time how this happen because I never thaught something like this will in guinea from they own government's forces I think this superised everyone in the world. Whenever I look at pics I will fell pain for those people how they get totured , raped and killed for no reason it's very very sad.but leave it with God he is a Almighty and he will help those whom have been wronged for for no reason. only because they have no power.Once again Please you world leaders help guineans we know you are helping because we have had from france forener ministre,uk, Hilary Clinton ,UN AU you puting presure on him to step down everyone are very happy for your help and efort to get this gangs and rebeles leader out of power may God help you.We need more help please.
Thank you.
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China
Submitted by Unregistered user (not verified) on Fri, 16/10/2009 - 04:30.Why don't you ask China for help? China is your Patron. Guinea is China's problem.
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Under Command
Submitted by Unregistered user (not verified) on Thu, 15/10/2009 - 19:06.All the soldiers who massacred the publique and gang raped the women had instructions from their Supremo.Two civilian Ministers have jumped off the boat, and several senior Army Officials are trying to escape the Country to dissociate themselves with Dadis and his deeds.
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This is to much!!!why the
Submitted by Unregistered user (not verified) on Thu, 15/10/2009 - 22:35.This is to much!!!why the international community is not moving???This is a scandal.The word should send the army there and get Dadis out of order.....
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salut
Submitted by Unregistered user (not verified) on Sat, 17/10/2009 - 20:44.les francais veulent piller les ressources guineenne . ils ne peuvent rien contre la guinee . la genesse est derriere dadis. vous les colons vous serez humiliè en guinèe. amen
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Mouais... enfin c'est aps la
Submitted by Unregistered user (not verified) on Tue, 20/10/2009 - 11:59.Mouais... enfin c'est aps la France qui tire sur la foule, qui viole les protestantes et qui assassine sont peuple.
L'afrique doit arreter avec son syndrome de victimisation... elle doit avancer toute seule et trouver sa voie...
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C'est domage pour l'Afrique!
Submitted by Malis (not verified) on Sun, 18/10/2009 - 23:03.je ne comprends pas comment on peut se permettre de tuer des personnes innocentes comme des insectes et qu'on me parle après de Blanc ou de colon.Mais il faut arrêter ce massacre!la communauté international,l'Union Africaine,les Nations Unies doivent prendre des dispositions drastique envers ces crimes contre l'humanité.
Le capitaine Moussa Dadis Camara ainsi que les Membres du CNDD doivent être appréhender et juger contre ces atrocités qui ont eu le 28 SEPTEMBRE.
je demande aux peuples Africains de lutter ensemble contre ces massacres et d'y mettre fin à tout jamais.
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