Police probe Binga murder

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POLICE say they are still investigating the suspected murder of four people that occurred at Ngongonye Bridge in the Kariyangwe area of Binga on Monday.

POLICE say they are still investigating the suspected murder of four people that occurred at Ngongonye Bridge in the Kariyangwe area of Binga on Monday.

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According to national police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba, a road traffic accident involving an Isuzu twin cab vehicle was reported at Binga Police Station.

“On attending the scene, the police discovered that one male adult was lying dead on the riverbed covered by the vehicle’s loading box,” she said.

“Another dead body of a female adult was found in the front cab of the Isuzu vehicle and the third body of a female adult was found in the back seat of the same vehicle.”

She said all three bodies had gunshot wounds in their heads.

“During the course of investigations and at about 2:10pm, another dead body of a male adult was discovered in a nearby maize field about 1,5 kilometres from the accident scene with a decapitated head,” Charamba said.

She said police also found three cartridges of an AK-47 riffle, a Motorola cellphone and some papers at the scene of the accident.

Initial investigations and leads so far indicated that the accident could have been stage-managed to cover up a murder case, Charamba said.