Last Wednesday, the criminal court delivered its verdict in the resounding case of double murder that occurred in Ambohimahatsinjo Imerinkasinina on November 14, 2022. The trainee police officer, responsible for fatally shooting a tax inspector and a clerk, was sentenced to 20 years in prison. His accomplice, a relative, received 10 years behind bars, while the police commissioner responsible for the murder weapon was sentenced to 10 years of forced labor.
The commissioner, who worked in Ambatofinandrahana at the time of the events, was responsible for the weapon used in the double assassination. Two police inspectors were acquitted for the benefit of the doubt, thus highlighting the complexity of the case. The Chinese suspected of being the initial instigator of the murder, who was also the boss of the trainee police officer, was acquitted with the benefit of the doubt. The girlfriend of the trainee police officer, a mixed-race Chinese woman, was also released.
The arrest of these individuals was carried out after a thorough investigation, placing them all under arrest warrant. Almost a year after the tragic events, the hearing finally took place.
As a reminder, the tragedy took place in Ambohimahatsinjo, between Imerinkasinina and Ambohimalaza, where a clerk and a tax inspector were shot dead shortly before 6 p.m. The suspects, a Chinese national and his bodyguard, the trainee police officer, were arrested and taken into custody. Four other people were also investigated in depth.
According to sources, the victims, in a Hyundai Galloper, stopped at Ambohimahatsinjo that day. Two individuals spotted them and opened fire. After the shooting, the attackers fled on foot, threatening anyone who crossed their path with their weapons. Despite being shot twice in the chest, the inspector managed to drive a little further before losing control and violently crashing into the wall of a factory. The inspector died during evacuation, while the clerk breathed her last at the Joseph Ravoahangy Andrianavalona hospital.
The outcome of this case ends a long period of uncertainty and speculation, now that the main perpetrators have been convicted. The tragic story of the double murder in Imerinkasinina will always be remembered, reminding us of the need for rigorous justice for serious crimes.
Yv Sam
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