AG silent on dockets of extra-judicial killings

For the past two years, there has been a huge public outcry over a spate of killings of suspects at the hands of law enforcement officers such as the Botswana Police, Botswana Defence Force and Directorate on Intelligence and Security. Since April 1, 2008, 14 people have died at the hands of security forces

During, the official opening of the Legal year at the beginning of last month, the Attorney General, Athaliah Molokomme told the public that she has been informed that the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) received at least four dockets relating to cases which involved the death of persons who came in contact with law enforcement agencies. She added that DPP informed her that they (DPP) were in the final stages of assessing the evidence with respect to three of the cases.