Mugabe Offers Clemency To Convicted Murderers
Danielle George - All Headline News Staff Reporter Harare, Zimbabwe (AHN) - President Robert Mugabe has approved the release of three long-term prisoners convicted of murder and spying for South Africa during the apartheid era. The men: Kevin Woods, Michael Smith and Philip Conjwayo, were convicted of killing a driver who was hired to transport a bomb intended for the members of the African National Congress (ANC). The bomb went off while the driver was in the car. A Zimbabwe Prison Service spokeswoman said, according to BBC, that President Robert Mugabe had "approved their release on medical grounds." AFP news agency said Woods and Smith were taken to the South African border post of Beitbridge after their release.
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