BY STAFF REPORTER
The body of an 18-year-old boy who drowned in a dam at a Chinese-run Python Mine in Binga was retrieved on Thursday afternoon, four days after he went missing.
The body was in a decomposing state, making it difficult to determine the cause of death.
“The police, together with villagers, finally managed to retrieve his body around 3 to 4 pm. He was trapped in the mud at Python mine dam and was already in a decomposing state,” said Kamativi ward 11 councillor Joshua Tshuma.
Villagers and police officers from Binga worked together to retrieve the body, which was a challenging task due to the muddy waters.
“There are so many theories surrounding his death, others say he was running away from an elephant encounter during the herding of the cattle, but we do not know what might have happened,” Tshuma added.
In a separate incident, a toddler from Tinde village in Binga died on Tuesday after being crushed by a scotchcart. The child was buried yesterday.
“He was in the company of his other family members who are also young. They had been sent to collect mealie-meal, and we suspect that the cart might have been speeding and hit a wooded stomp that caused the accident, but he was fatally injured on his head and died instantly,” Tshuma said.