Over 100 people were killed after soldiers began firing on a pro-democracy rally in Guinea yesterday. The demonstrators were protesting over rumors that military leader Moussa Dadis Camara, who took power in a coup last December, plans to run in presidential elections.According to reports from Human Rights Watch, soldiers stripped and raped female protesters in the streets and stabbed others with bayonets.
Moussa that the soldiers were acting without orders. “Even I, as head of state in this very tense situation, cannot claim to be able to control those elements in the military,” he said.
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