GUINEA. NINE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING POLITICIAN
September 9, 2006: it was reported that a court in Guinea sentenced nine people to death for the murder of a local politician in the capital Conakry. Facinet Keita, head of the Ratoma district of Conakry, was found with his throat slashed in May, part of a wave of violent crime to have hit Guinea in recent months, in some cases causing vigilante groups to exact justice themselves.Ā (Sources: Reuters News, 09/09/2006)
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