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The Ambassador of South Africa in France was found dead outside the Paris Hotel, while the police are achieving a possible suicide.

Nkosinathi Emmaniell Mthetwa, a recent minister minister explosive The Paris Prosecutor said that the allegations of corruption on investigations into political assassinations were “found at the foot of the Hayat Hotel” near Port Melot in the northwest of the city.

Prosecutors said that the wife of MthetWA reported that he was missing on Monday after receiving a “disturbing message” from him.

The Paris Public Prosecutor said: “He booked a room on the 22nd floor, where the window of enabling security was forced to open it,” adding that the police were investigating the conditions of his death.

MthetHWa was a minister of 15 -year cabinet, most notably the Minister of Police during the era of the former president Yaqoub Zuma. Earlier this month, Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi claimed that in this role, MTHETHWA colluded in sabotaging investigations into political murders.

He is one of three police ministers involved in the case, which is being investigated by the Parliament Committee. The three ministers of Kawazolo Natal, as political killings have become rampant in recent years.

During the state of MTHETHWA as Minister of Police, the Merikana massacre of 2012 took place, when the police opened fire on a crowd of amazing miners, killing 34 of them.

He was recently the Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture during the era of President Cyril Ramavusa. He became an ambassador to France early last year, as the country was in Paris -based UNESCO.

The South African Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed “deep sadness and deep regret” and said that his death was being investigated by the French authorities. Paris police refused to comment.