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Former Guinea dictator Moussa Dadis Camara recaptured after armed prison escape

Former Guinea dictator Moussa Dadis Camara recaptured after armed prison escape

Former junta leader back in jail hours after commando raid his lawyer says was an abduction

The former head of Guinea’s 2008 military junta has been recaptured and returned to prison hours after an apparent jailbreak led by a heavily armed commando, the army and his lawyer said.

At least two other former officials on trial alongside Moussa Dadis Camara over a 2009 massacre during his presidency were taken in the earlier operation that sparked heavy gunfire in the capital Conakry, a minister and lawyers said.

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