Murder of Young
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Samoan Constable
A YOUNG Samoan policeman was shot and killed on the evening of September 27 while he was sitting in his house with his wife, talking to a visitor.
He was Constable Failelei, of Fagaloa, who was stationed at the police post at Poutasi, Falealili.
The blinds of the Samoan house were lowered, and the murderer is alleged to have pushed a .45 revol ver through the blinds when he fired.
Constable Failelei, who was 28 years of age, had been at Poutasi for three months.
An arrest had not been made up to September 30, reports PlM’s Apia correspondent.