Witness Alleges He and Ex-RUF Commander, Gibril Massaquoi Burnt People Alive PremiumTimesng: Liberia GibrilMassaquoi SierraLeone humanrights legal
"He used to catch people and put them in the house and burn them," said Soldier 13.
"Soldier 13," , said other soldiers from the Revolutionary United Front, , included Gibril Massaquoi, who is accused by prosecutors and some witnesses of committing and commanding gross human rights violations in many towns in the county and at Waterside in Monrovia, including rape, torture, murder. Ritual killing is one of the charges prosecutors are insisting on appeal Mr Massaquoi committed and that the Pirkanma District Court was wrong to have acquitted him in April 2022.
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