Gibril Massaquoi and his lawyer, seen by video link from a prison in Finland. Thierry Cruvellier/JusticeInfo.netMONROVIA – A witness in the ongoing war crimes trial of Gibril Massaquoi in Monrovia has accused the ex-Sierra Leonean rebel commander of burning one hundred civilians alive in Kolahun District, Lofa County in 2001. Massaquoi, a Sierra Leonean national, has lived in Finland since 2008 where he was relocated in exchange for devastating testimony that he gave to the Special Court for Sierra Leone. ‘Killed with Knife’The first prosecution witness told the court that he saw Massaquoi order his men to kill seven women also in 2001. He said he witnessed the alleged murder of the women and the burning alive of the townspeople.

Source: Front Page Africa March 23, 2021 07:05 UTC