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17 suspects in reporter's death to stand trial in Cameroon

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Mourners place candles at Radio Amplitude FM where a portrait of slain journalist Arsene Salomon Mbani Zogo, also known as "Martinez," has been placed as a tribute to him, in the Elig Essono district in Yaounde, Cameroon, Jan. 23, 2023. [AFP]

Seventeen people, including a top businessman and an ex-secret service chief, will stand trial in Cameroon over the killing of a popular journalist, according to court papers seen by AFP.

The badly mutilated corpse of Arsene Salomon Mbani Zogo, known as "Martinez," was found a few days after his abduction in front of a police station outside the capital Yaounde on January 17, 2023.

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