Fresh gunfire in Guinea
2009-09-29 12:36
Conakry - Fresh gunfire rang out in Guinea's capital on Tuesday as security forces deployed on the streets, one day after scores of people were killed in a clampdown on an opposition demonstration.
"We haven't slept in our district, the shots did not stop all night and are continuing now," said a resident of Dar Es-Salam, a Conakry district.
Shops were closed and few vehicles were on the streets of the capital, after scores were killed on Monday when security forces opened fire on demonstrators in a stadium.
Opposition party leader Sydia Toure said on Tuesday at least 128 people were killed by junta forces at the protest. A police source said 87 bodies were collected in and around the stadium.
Tens of thousands of people were in the September 28 stadium in Conakry - at the rally against junta leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara - when shots were fired.
The United Nations, African Union, European Union and leading powers all condemned the killings which the Guinea opposition said was a deliberate attempt to eliminate them.
- SAPA