Men charged over school siege murder

COURT officials yesterday formally charged seven men with involvement in the killing of a two-year-old Canadian boy during last week’s takeover of an international school near Cambodia’s Angkor Wat temple complex.

Four men were charged with premeditated murder, kidnapping, illegal detainment of persons for ransom and illegal use of a weapon. Three alleged accomplices were charged with conspiracy to commit premeditated murder, illegal detainment and illegal use of a weapon.