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Yesterday Friday, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, issued a warning to political actors in Guinea, condemning the violence in the region.
“They are closely monitoring developments on the ground, and the violence must stop,” Bensouda said, via a tweet posted on the court’s Twitter account.
He added: “I remember that anyone who commits crimes, orders, incites, encourages and contributes to their commission can be prosecuted before the Guinean courts or the International Criminal Court”, as defined in the statute of the International Criminal Court.
Guinea is experiencing an escalation of tension and violence, after the presidential elections that took place on October 18, which declared Alpha Conde president of the country.
The capital of Guinea, Conakry, and other cities witnessed violent clashes between supporters of the main opposition candidate, Selo Dalin Diallo, and the police.
On Friday, Diallo, rival of the outgoing head of state, Alpha Conde, who was running for a disputed third term, ruled out acknowledging the results published by the body responsible for the elections, which confirmed Conde’s victory.
But he stressed that he is open to international mediation to get out of the problems that are shaking the country.
A government official indicated that five people, including three gendarmes, a soldier and a civilian, were killed yesterday in a suburb of Conakry, and that the circumstances of their death are not yet clear, but they fell as a result of an attack on a train carrying fuel through the Sonphonia district, which is considered a focus of violence in the last days.
The official said, in an interview with the French Press Agency, requesting anonymity due to the sensitivity of the situation, that “the railways were sabotaged, which caused the route of the train that was besieged to be obstructed,” explaining that three gendarmes, a military man and a civilian were killed in subsequent incidents. that.
Source: French press agency
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