Zimbabwes tidligere militærchef Solom Mujuru brændte tirsdag inde på sin gård.
Mujuru var gift med 1 af landets 2 vicepræsidenter Joice Mujuru og et sandsynligt bud på Mugabes efterfølger, skriver BBC World News tirsdag.
Analysts say his death is likely to intensify turmoil in President Robert Mugabe’s party over the question of who will succeed the 87-year-old leader.
Under his nom de guerre, Rex Nhongo, Mujuru was the director of Mr Mugabe’s forces during the 1970s’ war of independence.
Pathologists and police are investigating the cause of the fire at the 3,500-acre farm that had been seized from a white farmer in 2001.
