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Article: 87 killed in Guinea anti-junta protest.
- Article from:
- Times of Oman (Muscat, Oman)
- Article date:
- September 29, 2009
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Byline: AFP
CONAKRY: At least 87 people were killed in Conakry on Monday when Guinea s security forces opened fire on opposition demonstrators, with troops reportedly removing bodies to hide the scale of the bloodshed.
"There are 87 bodies that were collected in and around the stadium after the military came through," a police source said, referring to the venue of the rally and speaking on condition of anonymity.
There are currently 47 bodies at the Samory Toure military camp in Conakry, four of them women, the source said, adding that the corpses were to be buried overnight.
After security forces crushed a protest against junta ...