Mozambique: Cardoso Murder: Weapon Not Found

Maputo — The prosecution in the trial of six people charged with the November 2000 murder of Mozambican journalist Carlos Cardoso on Wednesday produced in court an AK-47 rifle which it believed might be the murder weapon.

This gun, together with an ammunition clip containing 19 bullets, had been found inside a black rucksack, abandoned in a Maputo rubbish bin.

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