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Guinea:32 rockets found under a bridge in Labé.


  1. The discovery of rockets under a bridge in the urban commune of Labe (under the bridge between Paraya and Konkola) caused panic in Labé town and market.

    The whole town panicked and the market emptied in less than a quarter of an hour after the announcement of this information that had spread throughout Foutah and Conakry. Fortunately, the discovered rockets were rusted and were there for almost a year analyzing minimum number of specialists in military matters.
    Keita Sadou the governor of Labé Region said to media that the rockets were rusty and probably deposited there several months ago. These comments were confirmed by the National Gendarmerie investigation report.

    Note that this discovery is grafted to the armed robbery in Labé market by men wearing military uniforms during the day. Robbers took away millions of Guinean Francs and foreign currency. No security service tried to stop them. Worse, the local police opposed the chase against attackers initiated by young volunteers from the city. Many analysts said that the attack was carefully planned and supervised by the Guinean authorities at the highest level.

    Moreover, during the second round of presidential elections, thousands of rebels hired by the RPG candidate with the complicity of Konaté and Jean Marie Doré were drained in various Foutah cities to not only watch if Alpha Condé was announced loser or demonstrations were organized against the defeat of his rival El Hadj Cellou Dalein Diallo. According to information from the high military garrison, the rebels of Condé came to Foutah with small arms and heavy weapons to kill and mistreat people in the native region of Cellou Dalein Diallo. Still according to many sources, after the second round of the presidential rebels of Condé would have left the heavy weapons stored in many places in Foutah Djallon because they could not bring with them the arms. Thus, these rockets have been discovered under the bridge. The silence of the Guinean government on the discovery of these rockets is worrying situation.


    Mamadou Dian Donghol Diallo
    The africanews reporter in Guinea.



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