full_name: Edwin Vuyani Nkomo
firstname: Edwin Vuyani
description: Was interrogated, tortured and killed with five other scholars by AZAPO members in Soweto, Johannesburg, on 1 August 1986. The incident was sparked off by the burning of the house of an AZAPO leader for which the youths were believed to have been responsible. Three perpetrators were refused amnesty, and one was granted amnesty (AC/2000/179 and AC/1999/230). 