The military said in a statement that the six bodies have been transported to the hospital in Forecariah “to proceed with identification and, if possible, determine the circumstances of their deaths”.
It added that “all measures were being taken to shed light” on the discovery and stated that “investigation results will be made public”.
The discovery comes amid a wide-ranging crackdown on dissent in Guinea following General Mamady Doumbouya’s seizure of power in a coup in 2021.
Since the power grab, several political parties have been suspended and protests suppressed, while numerous opposition and civil society leaders have been arrested, sentenced, or forced into exile.
Civil society groups have also documented cases of opposition activists being abducted or disappearing under the military government.
France has also called on Guinean authorities to conduct a transparent and independent investigation into the mass grave, according to Africanews, a news outlet based in the French city of Lyon.
Africanews said another mass grave was found in the same region of Guinea last year, but investigations have yet to determine the identities of the victims or their causes of death.
