Guinea military chief dies in Liberia plane crash - Monday Feb 11,2013

 

The Head of Guinea's armed forces was killed on Monday Feb 11,2013 when the aircraft carrying him and five other senior military officials crashed close to the Liberian capital, Monrovia.

General Souleymane Kelefa Diallo, a staunch ally of Guinea's president, Alpha Conde, was on a security mission to Liberia . All 6 officials and 5 crew on board died.

 Liberia's defence minister, Brownie Samukai said the cause of the crash was not immediately clear.

Liberia's president, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, who visited the crash site in the company of Guinea's ambassador, declared a national day of mourning.