Lesotho general told of death plot

06 July 2015 - 02:09
By Stephan Hofstatter and Kevin Sutherland

When Mamphanya Mahao arrived at her bullet-riddled home on the outskirts of Lesotho's capital, Maseru, at the weekend she was greeted by a small group of women. Their husbands are the soldiers allegedly abducted, tortured and thrown into jail by the military, accused of plotting a mutiny.Her husband, Lieutenant-General Maaparankoe Mahao, died in a hail of bullets earlier this month.

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