Ex-Burkina leader's brother held held over reporter's 殺人

Francois Compaore, pictured in 2012, was detained at France's Charles de Gaulle airport over the killings of journalist Norbert Zongo and three companions

Francois Compaore, pictured in 2012, was 拘留するd at フラン's Charles de Gaulle airport over the 殺人,大当りs of 新聞記者/雑誌記者 Norbert Zongo and three companions

The 追放するd brother of Burkina Faso's 追い出すd ex-大統領,/社長 Blaise Compaore was 逮捕(する)d at a Paris airport Sunday over the 1998 殺人 of an investigative 新聞記者/雑誌記者 that 激しく揺するd his west African country.

Francois Compaore, 63, was 拘留するd at the French 資本/首都's Charles de Gaulle airport off a flight arriving from Ivory Coast's 商業の 資本/首都 Abidjan, his lawyer said. An airport source 確認するd the 逮捕(する).

Compaore is 手配中の,お尋ね者 in Burkina Faso over the 殺人,大当り of 新聞記者/雑誌記者 Norbert Zongo and three companions whose charred 団体/死体s were 設立する in a burnt-out car in the south of the country in August 1988.

Zongo's family have long (刑事)被告 Francois Compaore -- former 助言者 to ex-大統領,/社長 Blaise Compaore -- of having a 手渡す in the 殺人,大当りs which 誘発する/引き起こすd 集まり 抗議するs in Burkina Faso and drew international 激しい非難.

The crusading editor of L'independant newspaper had 令状 ten several hard-hitting articles about the misrule of the Compaore 政権.

At the time of his death he was looking into the 殺人 of Francois Compaore's chauffeur.

Burkina Faso's new 政府 this summer 問題/発行するd an international 逮捕(する) 令状 for Compaore, on 告発(する),告訴(する)/料金s of "刺激するing 殺人s".

The police have up to 48 hours to question him before bringing him before a 検察官,検事 to 直面する possible 国外逃亡犯人の引渡し 訴訟/進行s.

Speaking by telephone, Benewend? Sankara, the Zongo family's lawyer, said he was "relieved" by the 逮捕(する), 説 the Zongo 事例/患者 symbolised "the search for truth and 司法(官) of the Burkinabe people".

"He must be (国外逃亡犯を)引き渡すd to Burkina Faso to 直面する 司法(官)," Sankara said, 表明するing hopes that there would "no 合法的な, 外交の or political quibbling" in フラン about returning him to Ouagadougou.

A 広報担当者 for the Balai Citoyen (国民 Broom) movement which played a 重要な 役割 in the 反乱 against Compaore also 表明するd satisfaction over the 逮捕(する) of the ex-大統領,/社長's brother.

Compaore's lawyer Pierre-Olivier Sur (刑事)被告 Burkina Faso's new 支配者s of hounding his (弁護士の)依頼人 out of 失望/欲求不満 at not 存在 able to get Blaise Compaore -- who went into 追放する in Ivory Coast -- into the ドッキングする/減らす/ドックに入れる.

"The 現在の 政府...is changing tack and now going after his brother," he argued.

- 'Little 大統領,/社長' -

Compaore was one of the most despised 人物/姿/数字s in the 政権 of Blaise Compaore, who was 追い出すd in a popular 反乱 in 2014 after trying to change the 憲法 to 延長する his 27-year 持つ/拘留する on 力/強力にする.

愛称d the "little 大統領,/社長" for his 影響(力) over the 政府, army and 商売/仕事 world, Francois Compaore had been seen as a likely 後継者 to his brother.

During the 反乱 he and his brother fled to 隣人ing Ivory Coast, where they were given 聖域 by 大統領 Alassane Ouattara.

The 落ちる of the 政権 覆うd the way for the long-立ち往生させるd 調査 into Zongo's 殺人,大当り to 伸び(る) new impetus.

Three former members of the Compaore-時代 大統領の guard were 告発(する),告訴(する)/料金d over the 殺人,大当りs in December 2015 but Francois Compaore had 避けるd 存在 調査/捜査するd over the 事件/事情/状勢 until now.

Burkinabe 検察官,検事s had instead been 焦点(を合わせる)ing their attentions on Blaise Compaore.

In April, the former 大統領,/社長 went on 裁判,公判 in absentia over his 厳重取締 on the 抗議するs that 倒れるd him.

Thirty-three people were killed in the 暴力/激しさ, によれば 公式の/役人 人物/姿/数字s.

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