New Democrat (Monrovia)
6 July 2009
Although a UN group, headed by former Kenyan Attorney General Amos Wako, concluded that infamous Cater Camp Massacre in Firestone, was the work of soldiers of the Armed Forced of Liberia, the TRC has disputed the findings, saying rebels to Mr. Charles Taylor executed the masscre.
The TRC conclusions come after several witnesses during the public hearing testified that National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) carried out the executions. The report:
"June 6, 1993: Massacre of 600 displaced persons at a Harbel Camp within Firestone Plantation. The UN Wacco Commission placed responsibility at the door steps of the AFL; observers and TRC findings hold the NPFL responsible for the massacre in which the victims were burned on the outskirts of the camp."
The report lso added, amongst others, that:
1991: The NPFL was responsible for the killings of hundreds of members of the Krahn ethnic group and members of the Mandingo community in Grand Gedeh County, who were targeted for formerly supporting the Doe government. NPFL continued to detain, torture, and kill civilians in other areas under their control.
1991: The INPFL or NPFL killed Angeline Watta Allison. It was also reported that her husband, a former defense minister, Major-General Gray Dioh Allison, was captured and executed by the NPFL.
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