Guinea junta troops 'killed and raped hundreds at democracy rally'

[link to www.timesonline.co.uk]
The African Union threatened to impose sanctions on Guinea’s ruling military junta today as news emerged of more than 150 pro-democracy demonstrators killed, and hundreds more raped and butchered, in a brutal crackdown by government soldiers on Monday.

Tens of thousands of demonstrators had gathered at the main stadium in Conakry to protest against reports that the head of the junta, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, had reneged on a deal to stand down in favour of free elections in the West African state.

Soldiers sent in to police the rally opened fire with live ammunition and tear gas, reportedly after a stampede broke out in the stadium. Witnesses reported that troops began bayoneting protestors trying to escape while others stripped and raped women in the crowd.
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