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Hundreds pay tribute to slain Eswatini political activist

Thulani Maseko, human rights lawyer and activist, looks on in Lobamba, Eswatini, September 22, 2018. [AFP]

Hundreds of people, including foreign diplomats and activists, paid homage Saturday to a human rights lawyer who was shot dead in Eswatini, sparking alarm over political violence in Africa's last absolute monarchy.

Thulani Maseko, a political activist and fierce critic of authorities in the tiny landlocked nation, was gunned down through the window of his home last Saturday by unknown attackers.

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