A Burkinabe court has sentenced former President Blaise Compaoré to life imprisonment for the murder of his predecessor, Thomas Sankara.
The long-awaited verdict on Wednesday brought to close a six-month trial about the murder of Sankara, who was assassinated during a coup led by his friend and comrade-in-arms Compaoré on October 15, 1987.
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A pan-Africanist leader who had taken power in 1983, Sankara was killed aged 37 along with 12 other government officials.
Military prosecutors in Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou, had requested a 30-year sentence for Compaoré, who was being tried alongside 13 others.
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Source:
Al Jazeera
