Claude Pivi: Guinea stadium massacre fugitive extradited from Liberia

Claude Pivi, Guinea's most wanted fugitive, has been on the run since last year's dramatic prison break.

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Ex-Col Claude Pivi will now serve his life sentence after being convicted in absentia for his role in a massacre of opposition supporters at a stadium in the capital Conakry in 2009, Guinea's military prosecutor said.

He and his son, Verny Pivi, were arrested on the border of the two states during a routine security check on Tuesday.

Photos circulating online showed Pivi looking frail and handcuffed alongside his son, who is accused of orchestrating the prison break that freed his father.

Ex-military leader Moussa Dadis Camara was also freed, but was quickly recaptured.

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