Bill Horace

Bill Horace (c. 1971[1] – June 21, 2020[2]) was a former member of the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL)[3] and alleged war criminal.[4]

In the early 1990s, during the First Liberian Civil War, Horace was a General in Charles Taylor's NPFL and was reported to have participated in or ordered massacres, executions, crucifixions, and the recruitment of child soldiers, primarily in Maryland County.[1] Many of these activities were documented in Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Commission's final report recommended that he face justice, but the recommendations of the Commission's report were never implemented.[5] In 1993-1994 word of Horace's activities in Maryland County eventually reached Taylor, who sent a team to remove Horace, who then fled to the Ivory Coast.[1]

Horace moved to Canada in 2002 and applied for refugee status, which was rejected in 2005, and also applied for permanent residency.[6] Through the 2010s he was investigated by the Canadian government for war crimes, stalling his immigration proceedings.[6] He lived in Toronto[7] and then in London, Ontario, where he was murdered in his home in a planned attack in June 2020.[8]

References
  1. Petrou, Michael (March 25, 2010). "Safe haven for an alleged killer". Maclean's. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  2. Butler, Colin (June 23, 2020). "Man gunned down in London, Ont., home invasion linked to Liberian war crimes". CBC News. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  3. Sieh, Rodney (June 22, 2020). "Liberia: 'General' Bill Horace, Commander in Charles Taylor's NPFL, Gunned Down in Canada". FrontPageAfrica. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  4. Butler, Colin (June 24, 2020). "Canada knew for a decade accused Liberian war criminal was living here". CBC News. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  5. Dodoo, Lennart (June 24, 2020). "Liberia: "He Was A Very Notorious War General" – Massa Washington Describes Bill Horace Recently Gunned Down in Canada". FrontPageAfrica. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  6. Petrou, Michael (June 27, 2020). "How a Liberian warlord lived freely in Canada until he was gunned down". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  7. Petrou, Michael (June 25, 2012). "Bill Horace: Accused in Liberia, living in Toronto". Maclean's. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  8. "Victim of targeted fatal shooting identified as Bill Horace". CBC News. June 22, 2020. Retrieved June 27, 2020.

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