Newly elected Lesotho PM's wife shot dead

International Desk: The wife of Lesotho Prime Minister Tom Thabane has been shot dead two days before her husband's inauguration, raising fears of another wave of political violence in the southern African mountain kingdom.

Police spokesperson Clifford Molefe says Lipolelo Thabane, 58, was travelling home with a friend when both women where shot by an unknown assailant in the town of Masana, just outside the capital, Maseru.

Molefe says Lipolelo died on the scene while her friend was taken to a nearby hospital. Molefe says the motive of the shooting is unknown and investigations are ongoing.

Lesotho, which has been on a political knife-edge since an attempted coup in 2014, held elections last week, the third in five years.

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