Friday 26 September 2014

22 Arrested For Killing Anti-Ebola Campaigners In Guinea

Guinea's Justice Minister Cheick Sacko said 22 suspects had been
arrested in connection with last week's killing of eight government
officials.

The eight officials were involved in sensitisation of the public
against Ebola Virus Disease in the southeast region of Wome.

"The suspected perpetrators of the assassinations will be charged
before a special sitting of the Conakry Court of Appeal," the minister
said on Wednesday in Conakry.

He said that those arrested included Labile Haba, a 30-year-old
hawker, who was believed to be the head of the operation.

Sacko said other suspects include two residents of Wome who had tried
to flee to Cote d'Ivoire, as well as their two colleagues arrested in
the town of Gueckedou in Guinea's southern region.

The justice minister said the suspects, who were arrested a day after
the killing of the eight officials, had been questioned by
investigators.

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