CNN) — The International Criminal Court said Thursday that it will investigate the killing of nearly 160 protesters in Guinea — allegedly by government troops.
The demonstrators were killed September 28 when tens of thousands of people showed up at a stadium to protest the rule of Capt. Moussa Dadis Camara, who seized power in the West African nation in a bloodless coup in December, human rights groups said. Women allegedly also were raped during the melee.
“From the information we have received, from the pictures I have seen, women were abused or otherwise brutalized on the pitch of Conraky’s stadium, apparently by men in uniform,” said Deputy Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda.
