Soldiers go berserk
MASERU-A group of soldiers allegedly shot and killed a Peka man they accused of disarming and beating their colleague on Saturday night.
The incident happened in Peka’s Ha-Leburu village. The villagers say they are now living in fear.
Councillor Ratselane Molefetsane told thepost that trouble started at a local bar after a soldier had an argument with three men. Molefetsane said the three men then beat the soldier and took his gun.
He said some time later a group of soldiers descended on the bar, looking for the three men who had however fled.
“They tailed them (the men) and found one at one home. They killed him,’’ Molefetsane said.