Nine killed in Guinea after ex-leader Dadis Camara’s jailbreak

At least nine people were killed in gun battles after armed men stormed into a jail in Guinea’s capital over the weekend and briefly freed former president Moussa Dadis Camara and other detained officials, the justice ministry said on Monday.

Authorities found the bodies of three attackers, four soldiers and two other people, the ministry said in its first official report on Saturday morning’s prison break.

“Six others were in hospital with gunshot wounds,” it added.

Troops searched houses and cars after the break-in, found the former military leader and two of the escaped officials and put them back in Conakry’s Central House prison the same day, officials said.

“Another escaped official was still on the loose,” they added.