Lesotho leader to be charged with murder of estranged spouse
Thomas Thabane will be the ‘second accused’, along with his current wife, with both accused of killing his former wife in 2017
20 February 2020 - 14:40
Lesotho’s Prime Minister Thomas Thabane is to be charged with the murder of his estranged spouse, the deputy police commissioner said on Thursday, the latest twist in a love triangle murder case that has stunned the Southern African highland kingdom.
The 80-year-old Thabane took to the radio to announce that he will step down if "all the requisite preparations for my retirement are completed"...
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