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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 20. August 1988 / Timeline August 20, 1988
Version 3.519. August 1988, 21. August 1988
08/20/1988
Palaus anden præsident Salii myrdes.
08/20/1988
Second President of Palau Is Found Shot to Death
The President of this American trust territory in the Pacific, Lazarus Salii, was found shot to death in his home today, the authorities said. The police a gunman entered the home and killed him; a Presidential spokesman said suicide had not been ruled out.
Mr. Salii, 54 years old, was the second president of this western Pacific island chain to meet violent death in three years. He was elected in August 1985 to succeed President Haruo Remeliik, the first elected president of the republic, who was shot to death at his home on June 30, 1985. Three men were convicted of murdering Mr. Remeliik but were acquitted last year on appeal to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Palau, notes the New York Times.
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