The International Criminal Court (ICC) has closed its probe into the 2009 stadium massacre in Guinea, the court prosecutor said on Thursday, a day after a long-awaited trial over the atrocities began in a local court.
"I have concluded that the national authorities of Guinea are neither inactive, unwilling nor unable to genuinely investigate and prosecute the alleged crimes committed at Conakry stadium," prosecutor Karim Khan said in a statement to explain his decision to end the ICC's involvement.
The ICC is a court of last resort that can only prosecute genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity if member states are unwilling or unable to do so.
