Investigation Unit;
In her statement, OUEDRAOGO Alizèta declared that T.F is her
aunt, being her father’s full younger sister; that 4 (four) years back,
she and her brothers were at odds with her; that they tried in vain to
resolve the problem ; that the respondent was unaware of the insults
that latter had uttered against them; that on 1 June 2020 she and her
brothers agreed, during a meeting with the whole family in Sector
No. 7 in Ouahigouya, to ask for forgiveness from aunt T.F in
order to resolve the problem that opposed them against each other; that
the latter was convened to the said meeting, but she refused to
participate in it;
that during the meeting, she and her brothers reported, to everyone, the
insults the victim uttered against the respondent’s grandmother, his
mother and his brothers and sisters; that these insults were against their
father TRAORE Bréhima, whom she insulted as lazy and useless to the
society; that made aware of that, the respondent went to the victim’s
house in sector 2 in Ouahigouya to find out what was happening; that
the two did not understand themselves and an incident occurred;
Considering that TRAORE Seydou declared to have had a
misunderstanding with the respondent’s father 4 (four) years back; they
both got angry against each other; that on 1 June 2020, he was informed
that the respondent was looking for him to kill him with a knife; that
the former specified that he wanted to start by killing his cousin, T.F
before killing him; that he reported the information to whole family
before lodging a complaint with the Gendarmerie; Considering that
OUEDRAOGO Ramata declared that on 1 June 2020, she was sitting
in front of their house in Sector No. in Ouahigouya; that the
respondent came at a certain time and asked after her stepmother
T.F; that she answered that she was in the yard; that O.S.M entered,
and some minutes later, a girl named OUEDRAOGO Fadima came
and informed her that the visitor was threatening to kill her stepmother
with a knife; that she entered and saw the respondent threatening
to kill her stepmother T.F; that with the help of other people,
they begged him not execute his threats;
OUEDRAOGO W.N. Fadima on her part confirmed the statement of
OUEDRAOGO Ramata; she specified that O.S.M had actually
threatened to kill her grandmother T.F; that he brutalized her; that
she fell and shouted for rescue; that it is with the help of several other
persons that they managed to rescue the victim and begged O.S.M to
leave;
When interrogated by the investigators, O.S.M partially admitted the
acts of which he was accused; he declared that he had decided to
intimidate his aunt
T.F in order to compel her to stop the insults and denigration she
uttered against him, brothers and sisters; that he bought a knife before
arriving his aunt’s house in Sector 2; that upon arrival, he
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