Guinea: Aide Wounds Junta Leader

Shooting broke out in Guinea’s restive capital, Conakry, on Thursday, and the country’s military ruler was wounded, according to an opposition figure, a diplomat there and press reports. The country has been unsettled since an army massacre on Sept. 28 of demonstrators protesting in the capital’s stadium against the military government of Capt. Moussa Dadis Camara. At least 157 people are thought to have been killed and dozens of women raped then. The fighting Thursday appeared to be between rival military factions. Press reports citing a government spokesman said Toumba Diakite, an officer close to Captain Camara who has been widely cited as being responsible for the massacre, fired on the captain. The extent of Captain Camara’s injuries was not immediately known.

Source: New York Times