{"id":11809,"date":"2024-09-19T18:17:33","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T18:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/guinea-stadium-massacre-fugitive-extradited-from-liberia\/"},"modified":"2024-09-19T18:17:33","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T18:17:33","slug":"guinea-stadium-massacre-fugitive-extradited-from-liberia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/guinea-stadium-massacre-fugitive-extradited-from-liberia\/","title":{"rendered":"Guinea stadium massacre fugitive extradited from Liberia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Guinea&#8217;s most wanted fugitive &#8211; a former senior military officer who escaped from prison last November &#8211; has been extradited from neighbouring Liberia, along with his son.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Ex-Col Claude Pivi will now serve his life sentence after being convicted in absentia for his role in a massacre of opposition supporters at a stadium in the capital Conakry in 2009, Guinea&#8217;s military prosecutor said. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He and his son, Verny Pivi, were arrested on the border of the two states during a routine security check on Tuesday. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Photos circulating online showed Pivi looking frail and handcuffed alongside his son, who is accused of orchestrating the prison break that freed his father.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Ex-military leader Moussa Dadis Camara was also freed, but <!-- --><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-africa-67320519\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">was quickly recaptured<!-- --><\/a>.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He is serving a 20-year prison sentence for crimes against humanity.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The charges stemmed from one of the worst massacres in the nation&#8217;s history &#8211; the killing of more than 156 people after troops opened fire at an opposition rally in September 2009 to demand a return of civilian rule. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Scores of women were also raped.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Known as &#8220;Coplan,&#8221; Pivi served as minister of presidential security in Camara&#8217;s regime.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The authorities had offered a reward of $58,000 (\u00a343,700) for his capture.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Pivi is back in the main prison in Conakry to serve his life sentence, military prosecutor Colonel Aly Camara said on Thursday. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;He was brought back to the central prison to serve his sentence in accordance with the law,&#8221; Col Camara added. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">His lawyer Abdourahmane Dabo confirmed to the BBC that Pivi had been returned home, however he expressed concern about the poor state of his health, describing him as &#8220;weak&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Following news of his arrest on Wednesday, Fatoumata Diariou Camara, one of those caught up in the violence at the rally, told AFP she was &#8220;overjoyed&#8221; that he had been recaptured.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;I pray that he will remain in prison forever,&#8221; she said.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c4g4p93l530o\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guinea&#8217;s most wanted fugitive &#8211; a former senior military officer who escaped from prison last November &#8211; has been extradited from neighbouring Liberia, along with his son. 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