Assasination Attempt on President of Guinea

The president of Guinea faced an assassination attempt by his aide de camp, Aboubacar Toumba Diakité.

Guinea's military recently massacred political protesters.

Many witnesses to the September 28 massacre in Conakry, carried out by members of the presidential guard when suppressing protest against the military, singled out Aboubacar Toumba Diakit�as the commander who ordered the shooting.