Lesotho PM Faces Charge of Murdering First Wife, Says to Step Down

Lesotho’s Prime Minister Thomas Thabane will be charged with the murder of his late wife, the deputy police commissioner said on Thursday.
Lesotho PM Faces Charge of Murdering First Wife, Says to Step Down
Lesotho prime Minister Thomas Thabane (L) arrives to attend his inauguration in Maseru, Lesotho, on June 16, 2017. Samson Motikoe/AFP via Getty Images
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MASERU—Lesotho’s Prime Minister Thomas Thabane will be charged with the murder of his late wife, 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 would step down at the end of July, but he did not mention the case.