TAMPERE, Finland, Feb. 12 -- Gibril Massaquoi took the stand for the first time Thursday in his war crimes trial at the Pirkanmaa District Court.
By Saila Huusko, with New Narratives
Massaquoi, who is charged with committing war crimes and crimes against humanity, including murder and rape, in Liberia between 1999 and 2003, repeated what his defense lawyers have previously told the court: that he wasn't in Liberia when many of the crimes allegedly took place.
"My last time in Liberia was towards the end of June, 2001. I went there only to pick up my things and my pick-up truck. My driver drove me back from Monrovia to Makeni, Sierra Leone," Massaquoi said.
A former spokesman and commander in the rebel group Revolutionary United Front (R...