2 Held in ’82 Slaying of 3 Britons in Zimbabwe

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Police have arrested two people in connection with the murders three years ago of three British tourists visiting the country, a police spokesman said. He did not name those held and gave no other details in a statement released late Monday.

The three--Richard Prankerd, 32; his sister Nicola, 24, and a friend, Alison Jones, 23--were found shot to death near Zimbabwe’s eastern border town of Nyanga in July, 1982. Their vehicle was later recovered near the southwestern town of Masvingo, in territory controlled by the minority Ndebele tribe of opposition leader Joshua Nkomo.