Captain Moussa Dadis Camara gestures at the military camp in Conakry.

Deadly clashes between security forces and opposition demonstrators in Guinea's capital, Conakry, have reportedly left over 87 people killed.

The troops crushed some 50,000 people gathered in the September 20 stadium to protest against the junta leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara who seized power in a bloodless coup last year.

"There are 87 bodies that were collected in and around the stadium after the military came through," a police source told AFP on condition of anonymity.

Medical sources said the death toll could rise further as some of the injured were said to be in critical condition.

The protests were triggered to oppose any bid by Camara or the other junta leaders to run for president in the elections due next January.

Captain Camara had promised that no one in his ruling Junta would run for public office after he took power in a coup last December.

Camara lead a coup within the West African nation hours after the death of Guinea's strongman leader Lansana Conte, who had been in power since 1984.

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