JOHANNESBURG – A curfew imposed in Lesotho’s capital Maseru following a series of attacks on senior political figures has been lifted, police said Sunday.
“The announcement was made on Friday (afternoon). The curfew couldn’t be there indefinitely, the situation seems a bit calm at the moment,” national police spokesman Inspector Pheello Mphana told AFP.He said no arrests have been made of those behind the attacks on the bodyguards of three cabinet ministers, including Popane Lebesa, trade and industry minister, Mothetjoa Metsing, communications minister, and Motloheloa Phooko, minister in the premier’s office.These attacks led to the curfew being imposed last week.The home of the leader of the opposition All Basotho Convention, Tom Thabane, also came under fire from gunmen.Nampa-AFPThe curfew couldn’t be there indefinitely, the situation seems a bit calm at the moment,” national police spokesman Inspector Pheello Mphana told AFP.He said no arrests have been made of those behind the attacks on the bodyguards of three cabinet ministers, including Popane Lebesa, trade and industry minister, Mothetjoa Metsing, communications minister, and Motloheloa Phooko, minister in the premier’s office.These attacks led to the curfew being imposed last week.The home of the leader of the opposition All Basotho Convention, Tom Thabane, also came under fire from gunmen.Nampa-AFP
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