Court acquits 5 accused in Salvo officer Bo Brekke murder case

As per the Daily Times of Pakistan:

LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Wednesday acquitted five individuals accused of killing Col Bo Brekke, 40, a Norwegian, in-charge of Salvation Army in Pakistan, holding that the prosecution has failed to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt. ATC judge justice Chaudhry Munir Ahmed observed in his acquittal order that no direct evidence had been produced against the accused. The court acquitted Major Younas Joseph, his wife Margrette Joseph, property dealer Ikhlaq Hussain and two “hired assassins” Suhail Masih and Wajahat Masih. In his final arguments, defence counsel Ali Zia Bajwa pointed out that when Col Brekke was murdered in his office in September 2007, the whole Muslim world was up in arms against publication of blasphemous caricature in Norway and some other European countries. He said missionary organisations were also receiving threats and the involvement of such an element in Brekke’s murder could not be ruled out. He said the prosecution had failed miserably to produce any solid evidence against the five accused. Brekke was allegedly shot dead by his colleague over a property dispute on September 27, 2007 in front of his office on Queens Road. staff report

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