Cape Town, South Africa — A South African fugitive who faked his own death in a prison break that embarrassed the authorities has been extradited from Tanzania, the government said on Thursday. Thabo Bester, convicted of rape and murder, escaped from a privately-run prison in Bloemfontein in May last year — but South African police only found out last month. Bester was believed to have died after setting himself on fire behind bars, but in late March police said DNA tests revealed the charred remains found in his cell belonged to someone else.

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