Germany has placed Bai Lowe under custody following his arrest and searching of his apartment over alleged crimes against humanity, murder and attempted murder.
According DW on Tuesday, Bai Lowe was named only as Bai L. by German authorities and his arrest is in connection with being part of a military unit used to carry out kill orders at the behest of then-president, Yahya Jammeh.
The arrest warrant said he belonged to a so-called “Patrol Team” of the Gambian military, also known as Junglers, DW reported on Tuesday.
Bai Lowe himself has confirmed in interviews that he worked as a driver among the junglers. In 2014, he joined other dissident Gambians in a plot to overthrow former President Jammeh. The coup failed and Lowe fled back to Germany.
According to DW, he is alleged to have been involved in a total of three such liquidation orders, driving unit members to attack sites.
Among those targeted was a journalist who was critical of the government, murdered in 2004, and a lawyer who survived an ambush a year earlier, DW reported. That journalist is Deyda Hydara.
In 2006, members of the unit also shot and killed a suspected opponent of the Gambian president near the Banjul airport, DW said.
