The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has said a human corpse was discovered along Harare-Chirundu road on Friday, 3 December 2021.
Police suspect that the deceased was a foreign national most probably from Ethiopia or Somalia. Pindula News presents a police statement on the case:
The ZRP is investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of a body of a male adult along Harare–Chirundu Road near Makuti on 03/12/21. The body was lying on its back facing upwards along the road with hands tied on the front by the stomach with a shoelace.
Bruises were noted on the neck, stomach, back and left foot. There were some blisters forming maggots on the back. Police suspect transnational crime activities as two small papers with South African and Zambian cellphone numbers were recovered while the body resembles a foreign national, especially of Ethiopian or Somalian origin.