A Guinean public prosecutor on Monday ordered a list of all police officers present when a young man was killed during demonstrations last week, in a significant shift from past practice. Conakry's public prosecutor, Alphonse Charles Wright, also told police to hand over records of operational orders after an autopsy found that 19-year-old Thierno Mamadou Diallo was killed by a bullet during the June 1 protest. Relatives say Diallo was not involved in the demonstration against rising fuel prices, where clashes broke out between security forces and demonstrators. Diallo's death — one of the first civilians to die during a protest since the coup — puts that commitment to the test. In a statement, the FNDC called on the public to maintain pressure on the authorities "so that no citizen will ever again be killed with impunity."

Source: Ethiopian News June 06, 2022 16:20 UTC