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Zambia sentences 59 to death

Friday 17 September 1999 23:02 BST
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Zambia sentences 59 to death

ZAMBIA'S HIGH court sentenced 59 soldiers to death yesterday for their role in a failed coup in 1997. Eight others were acquitted. Judge Japhet Banda also sentenced one soldier to 21 years in jail for concealing knowledge of treason from the authorities.

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