The Angolan Criminal Investigation Service (SIC) announced this Sunday the arrest of five people suspected of involvement in the murder of Angolan sociologist and university professor Laurindo Vieira.
According to Angolan media reports, four men and one woman allegedly involved in the crime were presented to the press in the municipal district of Belas in Luanda.
Laurindo Vieira, 60, had a degree in sociology and was known to the general public through his appearances as a television commentator.
He was rector and professor at the Gregorio Semedo University and a member of the Central Committee of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA).
A university professor was shot dead outside a bank on the road in Patriot, on the outskirts of Luanda, and his death caused unrest in Angolan society.
Police authorities have played down feelings of insecurity following the death of a prominent university professor, guaranteeing the crime situation in Angola’s capital is “stable”.
In a conversation with the Lusa agency then, after the murder on public roads, a representative of the provincial command of the national police of Luanda denied the absence of patrols in Talaton and assured that there were police at the place where the teacher was shot, given that However, the actions of the attackers were very fast .
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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