A 38-year-old Hwange man allegedly murdered his 62-year-old uncle, dismembered his body, cooked and ate the remains while hanging the intestines and some of the parts on a tree to dry.
The incident happened last month in the remote village of Dinde in Hwange district and police in Matabeleland North province have confirmed it.
Police spokesperson for Matabeleland North province Inspector Glory Banda said the gory incident occurred last month and the accused person Wished Mumpande (38) had since been arrested and has already appeared in court facing a murder charge. The case is still pending.
Insp Banda said Mumpande of Chigona Village, Chief Nekatambe, Hwange allegedly butchered his uncle Fida Stephen Mumpande (62) of Bhale Village, Chief Nekatambe, dismembered his body, cooked part of his remains and allegedly ate them while leaving some parts to dry on a tree in the forest.
The accused was found in the Gandwe Hills with a pot of cooked meat, by a search team that was looking for Fida who had left his homestead three days prior to go and prepare his fields along Gwayi River.
The search team comprising of Given Mumpande, Maboli Sibanda and Albert Munkuli were following Fida’s shoeprints.
On discovering the pot with cooked meat on top of the hill, the three suspected that the meat could be remains of Fida and after a further search close to where the pot was, they found dismembered body parts scattered around.
“The now deceased Fida is said to have left his homestead on the 17th of July to go and prepare his fields along Gwayi River and he didn’t come back.
The matter was reported to the police in Hwange and the scene was jointly attended to by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Homicide Division, Hwange police and Kamativi police who arrested the accused.
Some villagers said they suspected the killer has a mental illness.
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