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Legalbrief   |   your legal news hub Wednesday 04 September 2024

Assassin awaits refugee hearing in Canada

The application for refugee status in Canada for Mozambique\'s most notorious assassin, Anibal dos Santos Junior (‘Anibalzinho’), will not be heard until at least December 14, since the court official concerned has not yet decided on whether the hearing will be made public.

Anibalzinho, reports Agencia de Informacao de Mocambique, is the man who led the death squad that murdered Mozambique\'s top investigative journalist, Carlos Cardoso, in 2000. He was sentenced to 28 years in jail, but escaped to Canada in May this year. Full report by Agencia de Informacao de Mocambique