Body of BDF soldier flown home
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
He was flown from Dubai through the Oliver Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg. Tiro and nine other peacekeepers from the African Union died when rebel forces attacked their base in Haskania, southern Darfur.
Other dead peacekeepers were from Senegal, Mali and Nigeria. The rebels kidnapped a number of peace-keepers. Tiro, who was a pilot joined the BDF in 1993. He will be buried in his home village of Manyana tomorrow.
As many wondered what wrong the young boy could have done to end up killed, it emerged that his own cousin was a suspect in the murder after he claimed P50,000 from Botswana Life. Thato Tsametse, who was last week sentenced to death for the murder of his cousin, had reportedly taken out two Mmoloki Funeral Covers valued at P25,000 each.Over the years, the media has been covering the murder case, and some revelation has come up that certain...