Burkina: General Gilbert Diendéré charged with "crimes against humanity"

At a press conference on Friday, Colonel Sita Sangare, the director of Military Justice, announced that the putschist General Diendéré Gilbert was charged with eleven chief of charges, including that of “crime against humanity”.
His case worsens. General Diendéré Gilbert, who took September 17 the head of the attempted coup against the transitional regime, is officially charged with “crimes against humanity” and ten other counts of charges including “outrage to state security “or” high treason “.
At a press conference in Ouagadougou, Colonel Sita Sangare, director of military justice, also announced that 23 people had been charged in connection with the investigation into the failed putsch of the former presidential security regiment (RSP), entrusted to military justice and a government committee dedicated. Fifty witnesses or civil parties have been heard in this matter.
Djibril Bassolé, suspected of having been an accomplice of General Diendéré, is he charged with six counts of charges. Former Foreign Minister Compaore was before his arrest on September 29, in telephone contact with Diendéré but also with Guillaume Soro, the president of the Ivorian National Assembly. The home Ouagadougou it has also been searched as part of the investigation, said Friday AFP Chief of Military Justice, Col. Sita Sangare.