Murdered UK woman, daughters buried in Zimbabwe

Around 2,000 people on Tuesday attended the funeral in Zimbabwe of a woman and her two daughters murdered in their home in Britain last month, allegedly by her husband.

Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma, a British citizen of Zimbabwean heritage, was arrested in South Africa on July 10 and is facing extradition.

The bodies of his wife Nothabo Zandile Tshuma, 42, and daughters Natalie, 15, and Nala, 5, arrived in Zimbabwe's second city Bulawayo -- where the couple are from -- on Monday.

Their coffins were draped in white for the funeral service, which was at times tense with representatives of both of the couple's families present.

Relatives of the murdered woman criticised the huge media coverage of the killings. "It has not been sensitive to the grieving families," said her uncle, Ntsika Dakamela.

"It is a difficult time for both families," said a relative of the 45-year-old suspect in South African custody.

The bodies were found at the family's £1.3-million ($1.7-million) home in an affluent suburb of Bedford in central England in early July.

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