Liberian rebel commander accused of cannibalism goes on trial in Switzerland

Alieu Kosiah is also accused of being involved in killing of 18 civilians, rape and recruiting child soldier A former rebel commander accused of being involved in the killing of 18 civilians and other crimes that included rape and eating pieces of a school teacher's heart during Liberia's civil war has appeared in a Swiss court.The trial is just one of a handful of cases brought to international courts in connection with the west African country's 1989-2003 civil war, in which hundreds of thousands of people were killed.

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