MASERU, Lesotho (AP) - A Dutch aid worker with the Clinton Foundation was shot to death at the house of Lesotho's trade and industry minister, police said Saturday.
Samuella Jacobina Verwey, 36, her husband and two American aid workers arrived late Friday at Minister Mpho Malie's house. As they left the car, heavy gunfire erupted, police spokesman Pheelo Mphana said.
The minister and his wife were in neighboring South Africa at the time. The whereabouts of the four guards at Malie's residence were unknown. The aid workers were staying on the property.
Mphana said 24 AK-47 assault rifle shells were found at the scene of the shooting, but said police did not know a motive in the attack, which was similar to one against Lesotho Foreign Minister Monyane Moleleki earlier this year, when he was shot in the arm at his home. It is also similar to the one that claimed the life of a popular politician and member of Lesotho's parliament, Bereng Sekhonyana, in August.
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