Appeals trial for Liberia war crimes opens in Finland

Turku, Finland (AFP) Jan 10, 2023

Suspected warlord Gibril Massaquoi appeared Tuesday in a Finnish appeals court accused of atrocities in Liberia's civil war following his acquittal last year in a lower court. The trial was taking place in the Finnish city of Turku, about 170 kilometres (106 miles) west of Helsinki. Massaquoi, who moved to Finland in 2008, is accused of murders, rapes and war crimes. The first day of