Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane To Be Charged With Murder

Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane to be charged with murder, The Chronicle reports. Tom was supposed to be charged yesterday according to the publication. Thoman is accused of being involved in the murder of his estranged wife who was gunned down outside Maseru in Lesotho just 2 days before his inauguration in 2017.

According to Deputy Police Commissioner Paseka Mokete:

It has been agreed with his lawyer that he will appear (in court) and he will be formally charged with… murder

Lilopelo Thabane, who was in the process f divorcing Tom Thabane died outside her home after she was shot by unknown assailants. Thabane’s wife Maesaiah has since been charged with Lilopelo’s murder as well. 

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