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Feb. 02, 1972 - Micheal X is accused of two murders.: Arrest warrants accusing Abdul Malik - Michael X - the formerl London Black Power leader, of the murders of Mrs. Gale Benson, 27, daughter of a former British Tory MP, and Joseph Skerritt, a Trinidad barber, were issued by Trinidad police at the weekend as Malik was being hunted in Guyana. The body of Mrs Benson was found buried in ground adjoining Malik's home in Port of Spain last Thursday. She had been stabbed ten times. Two days earlier Skerritt's body had been discovered in a grave in Malik's garden. Malik went to Guyana, the former British colony on the north-east coast of South America, a few days before the bodies were discovered. Photo shows Abdul Malik - Michael X - who has been accused of two murders

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Abdul Accusing Adjoining Barber Benson Buried Discovered Earlier Gale Guyana Hunted Issued Malik Micheal Murders North-east Skerritt Stabbed Thursday Tory Trinidad Warrants


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