The people of Lesotho are mourning the tragic loss of their first lady, Lipolelo Thabane.
The
estranged wife of incoming Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane was
shot dead this morning, just two days before his inauguration. The
58-year-old was traveling home with a friend when both women were shot
by an unknown assailant, the police say.
The
police add that details surrounding the killing are still sketchy but
an investigation is already on to arrest those who have a hand in it.
The
incoming prime minister and his late wife had been living separately
since 2012 after they filed for divorce which hasn’t been granted yet. But she
won a high court battle against her husband to secure the privileges of
a First Lady, instead of Mr. Thabane’s youngest wife, Liabiloe, reports
the AFP news agency.
Samonyane Ntsekele, the
secretary-general of Mr. Thabane’s All Basotho Convention party, told
AFP that the prime minister was devastated by the shooting.
“Everyone is traumatised by these developments,” he said.
Thomas
Thabane was last week Friday elected Prime Minister of Lesotho after he
emerged as the winner of 48 parliamentary but short of the 61 needed to
form a government.
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