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Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane's wife shot dead | Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane's wife shot dead |
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The estranged wife of incoming Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has been shot dead two days before his inauguration. | The estranged wife of incoming Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has been shot dead two days before his inauguration. |
Lipolelo Thabane, 58, was travelling home with a friend when both women were shot by an unknown assailant, the police say. | Lipolelo Thabane, 58, was travelling home with a friend when both women were shot by an unknown assailant, the police say. |
The police add the motive is unknown and an investigation is continuing. | The police add the motive is unknown and an investigation is continuing. |
The couple had been living separately since 2012 and filed for divorce which hasn't been granted yet. | The couple had been living separately since 2012 and filed for divorce which hasn't been granted yet. |
BBC southern Africa correspondent Karen Allen reports that neighbours claim there had been an incident earlier in the week when a group of unidentified men were spotted hammering on the First Lady's door. | |
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. | |
Mr Thabane is now living with a third wife. | |
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. | "Everyone is traumatised by these developments," he said. |
The election took place earlier this month and was the third election in three years. | |
There is a bitter power-struggle in the country and Mr Thabane still has enemies in the military, our correspondent adds. | |
His inauguration is still expected to take place on Friday. |