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Romania's interior minister resigns in wake of murder cases
After criticism of alleged police ineptitude
30 July, 19:47
(ANSA-AP) - BUCHAREST, JULY 30 - Romania's interior minister
says he is resigning in the wake of the murders of two
teenagers, crimes which have outraged the country partly due to
alleged police ineptitude.
Nicolae Moga said Tuesday that he was stepping down, just six
days after being sworn into office, after a conversation with
Prime Minister Viorica Dancila. Moga said his move "should be
seen as a new beginning for the interior ministry."
Romania's national police chief was fired Friday amid
criticism that it took police 19 hours last week to locate a
15-year-old girl who called the country's emergency hotline
three times saying she had been beaten and raped by an abductor.
A man has since confessed to killing the teen as well as an 18- year-old female missing since April and burning their bodies.
(ANSA-AP).
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A man has since confessed to killing the teen as well as an 18- year-old female missing since April and burning their bodies.
(ANSA-AP).
