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Guinea charges 60 over deadly gold mine riot
Summary by Reuters
Guinea has charged 60 people with arson, theft and murder after a deadly riot at the privately-owned Weily Mining firm in the northeastern gold-producing Siguiri region, prosecutors said on Friday.
On 4 October, in Niagassola, north-eastern Guinea, on the site of the mining company Weily Minning, the demonstration killed two people, injured several others and caused significant material damage. The Siguiri Public Prosecutor's Office announced the indictment of sixty people for "arson", "theft" and "murder".