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Lesotho: Metsing Flees
Lesotho Times, 1 September 2017
Formr deputy premier Mothetjoa Metsing has fled the country citing a tip-off from a "trusted source" about a plot to assassinate him. Read more »
The continuing political instability in Lesotho has led to former deputy prime minister Mothetjoa Metsing fleeing the country to neighbouring South Africa, saying he uncovered plots to arrest him. In an interview with SABC, Metsing says a convoy of heavily armed police were headed to his place to arrest him after they had arrested and tortured his deputy and former minister of defence Tseliso Mokhosi over the killing of a policeman.
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Former deputy prime minister Mothetjoa Metsing (file photo).
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