The World - News from May 7, 1989
A judge in New Caledonia charged a hard-line separatist with murder in the killing of two senior leaders of the independence movement in the French South Pacific territory. Andre Tangopi was charged in the shooting deaths of Jean-Marie Tjibaou, leader of the Kanak Socialist National Liberation Front, and his top aide, Yeiwene Yeiwene. Police did not say what role Tangopi, who was wounded in an exchange of gunfire after the assassination, played in the attack. The two leaders were shot and killed Thursday by Djubelly Wea, who was then killed by Tjibaou’s bodyguards. A witness has said five or six gunmen participated in the assassination.
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