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Wife crashes her own funeral, horrifying her husband, who had paid to have her killed

February 5, 2016 at 3:31 a.m. EST
Noela Rukundo describes her husband's reaction when she appeared at her own funeral, after he hired a team of hit men to kill her. (Video: Deirdra O'Regan, Monica Akhtar/The Washington Post)

Noela Rukundo sat in a car outside her home in Melbourne, Australia, watching as the last few mourners filed out. They were leaving a funeral — her funeral.

Finally, she spotted the man she’d been waiting for. She stepped out of her car, and her husband put his hands on his head in horror.