Liberia: Two former RUF soldiers claim deceased soldier was called “Angel Gabriel,” not Massaquoi

, have distanced an ex-commander of the group from a notorious name that has been a key issue of his war crimes trial.

“Yes. I know of one Angel Gabriel, said “Defence 3” [name and names of other witnesses withheld to protect them from retributions]. Defence 3 claimed the man was killed by the Kamajors, a group of traditional hunters, who were loyal to Ahmed Tejan Kabbah, thePresident at the time. “We were all fighting for one battalion, but he died. He was a RUF member, they used to call him sergeant. He used to have two or three persons as bodyguard.

Prosecutors and their witnesses have claimed that Mr Massaquoi, now 53, introduced himself by the controversial name to civilians or his fellow soldiers at Waterside in Monrovia before killing them. Witnesses have told the Appeal Court and the Pirkanmaa District Court of Tampere, which a little over a year ago acquitted Mr Massaquoi of all charges because, prosecutors did not prove them “beyond a reasonable doubt,” that by the alleged killings, Mŕ Massaquoi “sent his captives to God.

But like many other witnesses, Wednesday’s two defence witnesses questioned his charges and exonerated him of such charges. They also corroborated the testimonies of other defence witnesses that Mr Massaquoi did come to Liberia in the early 2000s, but only for peace purposes.

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