Tag Archives: murder

  Stockholm, Sweden | AFP | Swedish prosecutors on Wednesday named their main suspect in the 1986 killing of prime minister Olof Palme, closing the murder case that has gripped the Scandanavian country for more than three decades. The suspect was named as Stig Engstrom, a former advertising consultant known …

Xai-Xai, Mozambique | AFP | Mozambique’s public prosecutor on Thursday called for an “exemplary conviction” of six elite officers accused of murdering a poll observer ahead of national elections last year, but denied any state involvement in the killing. Prosecutor Leonardo Cumbe’s remarks marked the end of a trial in the …

Minneapolis, United States | AFP | Fires continued to burn and one person was dead in Minneapolis Thursday after a second night of angry protests over the police killing of an African American man while in custody. Demonstrators clashed with police, looted stores and set fires to shops and a construction …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The former Commander of the Allied Democratic Forces –ADF Jamil Mukulu has asked the court to release him on bail pending the conclusion of the trial in which he is facing terrorism charges. Mukulu was arrested from Tanzania and extradited to Uganda in 2015 …

Washington, United States | AFP | President Donald Trump tweeted a conspiracy theory Tuesday accusing one of his media critics of murder — and prompting a demand that Twitter block the Republican leader’s “vicious lie.” The president’s attempt at character assassination of MSNBC host Joe Scarborough by spreading the baseless rumor to his nearly 80 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High court has handed Brian Bagyenda, a pharmacist and two others a 32-year jail term for the murder of his girlfriend Enid Twijukye, a student of Makerere University Business School on January 4th, 2017. The others are Innocent Bainomugisha, a cleaner and Vincent Rwahwire, …

  Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Uganda People’s Defense Force-UPDF soldier is on the run after shooting three people dead in Gulu. The incident happened on Monday evening in Vanguard sub ward, Vanguard Parish, Pece Division in Gulu Municipality. The dead have been identified as Beatrice Ajok, 52, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Police have arrested 17 suspects behind the murder of 29 people during the New Year celebrations. Police Spokesperson, Fred Enanga, said the suspects were arrested in various parts of the country. Some of the murders registered during New Year’s Day celebrations occurred in districts …

Abidjan, Ivory Coast | AFP |  Former Ivory Coast political leader Charles Ble Goude said Monday he had been sentenced in absentia to 20 years in prison by an Ivorian court over murder, rape and torture charges. Ble Goude was cleared of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court in the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Four people, who were earlier convicted of murder by the General Court Martial have been sentenced to death by hanging. The four are Bob Anichan, a UPDF Deserter formerly attached to Uganda Military Academy Kabamba, Dennis Mangusho, formerly attached to the 63rd Battalion, a …