Sept. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Security forces shot and killed at least 69 demonstrators today during protests against plans by the leader of the military junta, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, to run in presidential elections in January, a doctor said.

There are at least 59 bodies at the Donka hotel complex in the capital, Conakry and another 10 at the Ignace Deen hospital, Mohamed Cisse, a doctor at Donka, said in a telephone interview today.

“What we saw today is true slaughter,” he said.

The military junta had banned the demonstration yesterday, according to a statement on Radio Guinean Television, RTG.

A faction of the Guinean army, headed by Camara, seized power on Dec. 23, a day after President Lansana Conte, who had ruled the country for more than two decades, died. The junta suspended the country’s constitution and pledged to hold elections and relinquish control to a civilian-led government.

Outman Bangoura, a police captain, said nine protesters were killed by soldiers when they tried to enter the national stadium, Stade du 28 Septembre, in Conakry. Opposition leaders, Sydia Toure, and Cellou Dalein Diallo, were injured at the stadium, according to Espace FM, a private radio station.

Camara said in a statement after the coup that neither he nor members of the junta would run as candidates in the election. On Aug. 22, the government did an about-turn, saying that members of the junta would be free to enter the contest.

Guinea, which lies on Africa’s west coast, is the world’s biggest exporter of bauxite, a raw material used in aluminum production.

To contact the reporter on this story: Alpha Camara in Conakry via the Johannesburg bureau on asguazzin@bloomberg.net

Last Updated: September 28, 2009 15:43 EDT