Mugabe's remains should be reburied at Harare monument, Zimbabwe magistrate rules

FILE PHOTO: Soldiers stand beside a picture of former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe during a church service before his burial at his rural village in Kutama, Zimbabwe, September 28, 2019. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo

HARARE (Reuters) - A Zimbabwean magistrate on Friday ruled that Robert Mugabe's remains should be exhumed and reburied at the national heroes' shrine in the capital city, rekindling a row over the late former leader's resting place.

In May, a traditional chief from Mugabe's rural Zvimba area ordered that his remains be interred at the shrine in Harare, where the ruling elite and former fighters in Zimbabwe's 1970s independence war are buried.