In the Comoros, the Interior Minister made an update on Wednesday about the death of a retired soldier during an interrogation in a barracks.
The case has shaken the country for a week as the body was buried without prayer and then exhumed by the family for identification.
The opposition accuses the government of covering up a major mistake between the armed forces, led by the chief of staff, in violation of Islam, the country’s constitutional religion.
After canceling a stay abroad to return to ask about the situation, Interior Minister Mohamed Daoud denies that the government has been involved in Major Akim’s death and said that Ba Pale is not inhuman, it is unacceptable. No authority, neither the Chief of Staff nor myself as Minister of the Interior, has been informed of this affair.
Those who did it, first and foremost they did it on their own, we do not know why … That is why there is this investigation. There is a demand for truth and justice. The head of state is following this case closely because he was heavily affected as the supreme commander of the armed forces. ”
The government calls on the opposition
Mohamed Daoud condemns the brutal burial of the body and calls on the opposition to be involved in this matter. The common front of the opposition had held a press conference on Tuesdayon the death of retired Major Akim said Ba Pale.
“I say it again, the government condemned through its spokesman, the fact that the person was buried without respecting religious rituals. We are a Muslim country. I urge the opposition: let them come with us instead of aggravating the situation, interpreting or taking advantage of it in relation to politics. There are lawyers among them. We can do this together so that the truth is illuminated for all and it is a lesson. ”
To date, the names of the soldiers who were present in the barracks at the time of the events are still unknown. Major Akim dit Ba Pale, retired non-commissioned officer, died during interrogation in military barracks on Anjouan Island
