BY NOKUTHABA DLAMINI
Tragedy struck at a squatter camp in Bulawayo when a 56-year-old man from Nkayi was brutally murdered and his body later discovered dumped.
According to the police statement, on October 18th, around 3 a.m., Josephat Sibanda was sleeping in his shack when he was attacked by accused persons.
A neighbor heard the door being damaged and someone being beaten up but was too afraid to intervene.
The neighbor only went outside at around 6 a.m. and discovered that Josephat’s door was damaged, his blankets and clothes were scattered outside, and he was nowhere to be found.
A search party was formed, and Josephat’s body was found about 40 meters from his shack, lying in a pool of blood, covered in tall grass.
The police report indicates that Sibanda had a deep stab wound on his left shoulder, a cut on the occiput, and bruises on the left side of his stomach.
The body was taken to United Bulawayo Hospitals for post-mortem examination.
Following investigations, Promise Ndebele, a 20-year-old male, was arrested in connection with the murder.
Two other suspects, Xolani Moyo and Oscar Mlauzi, are still at large, and the police are appealing for information leading to their arrest.