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Two men convicted of murdering man in Bulawayo cemetery

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Bulawayo High Court found Nkosilathi Nyathi, 34, and Walter Mpunzi, 35, guilty of murdering a man during an attack on a couple in a cemetery that also involved an attempted rape of his wife, Daily News reports.

Nkosilathi Nyathi, 34, and Walter Mpunzi, 35, have been found guilty of murdering a man in a cemetery in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. The two men also attacked the victim’s wife and attempted to rape her, according to Zimbabwean newspaper Daily News.

The verdict was delivered by Judge Munamato Mutevedzi of the High Court of Bulawayo. Nkosilathi Nyathi lives in the Mabutweni suburb and Walter Mpunzi in Lobengula West, Daily News reports.

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