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Sankohâs body âmissingâ
The body of the Sierra Leonean rebel leader Foday Sankoh who was indicted for war crimes has gone missing from its grave. "Sankohâs body is missing from the grave — the grave has been checked... and the body is no longer to be seen," a police officer told Reuters news agency. You need to drive a stake through the body into the ground to keep guys like Foday down. Mr Sankoh formed the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), whose 10-year terror campaign included hacking off the hands, feet, lips and ears of Sierra Leoneâs civilians and raping thousands of girls and women. A quaint local tradition. He had been buried earlier this month in his hometown in Magburaka about 210 kilometres (130 miles) from Freetown after a mysterious death while in custody of the UN-backed war crimes court. Hundreds of angry Sierra Leoneans had turned out to watch the transportation of his body. One police official said the corpse had been burned after its exhumation. Same way you kill a vampire. Village elders have told the authorities they do not know who was responsible for the removal of the body. Too many suspects, and nobody cares enough to investigate. Arrested in 2000, Mr Sankoh spent three years in detention and was due to stand trial for alleged crimes against humanity, including murder, sexual slavery and extermination. But his deteriorating health and mental state had made it impossible for him to continue court appearances. Posted by: Steve 2003-08-26 |
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