Namibia: Americans' Murder Trial On Hold

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Namibia: Americans' Murder Trial On Hold

[New Era] The trial-within-a-trial of the two American nationals accused of the assassin-like murder of Andre Heckmair in Windhoek in January 2011, was put on hold last week as the State's last witness was unable to testify.

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