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French court hands Liberian rebel Kunti Kamara life sentence for war crimes

Court sketch made on 10 October 2022, showing former commander Ulimo Kunti Kamara, at the Cour d'Assises in Paris. AFP - BENOIT PEYRUCQ

A Paris court has sentenced a former Liberian rebel commander to life in jail for violence against civilians and complicity in crimes against humanity after France's first trial linked to Liberia's civil wars.

On Wednesday, the criminal court found Kunti Kamara guilty of crimes against civilians between 1993 and 1994 – including a teacher whose heart he reportedly ate – and for not preventing soldiers under his command from repeatedly raping two teenage girls.

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