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TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2003

A trial into the murder of a Native RCMP officer began in Manitoba, Canada, on Monday.

Constable Dennis Strongquill was shot after a routine traffic stop in December 2001. Prosecutors have charged Robert Marlo Sand, 23, and Laurie Ann Bell, 20, with first-degree murder.

Strongquill was a member of the all-Native RCMP detachment on the Wawayseecappo First Nation in Manitoba. Including Strongquill, three Aboriginal RCMP officers have died in the line of fire.

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