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Unknown “peace maker” beaten to death
Violence claims another life Mystery surrounds the discovery of a body stuffed under a bridge between Shayandima and Itsani. The body of a man in his thirties was found under the small bridge that connects Shayandima to Itsani last Friday morning. Details of how the man was killed are still sketchy, but rumours doing the rounds in Itsani are that the man was
It is alleged that three drunken men were fighting among themselves, when the unknown man tried to stop them from fighting. The men allegedly turned their anger on him and, according to the rumour, they attacked him with blunt objects. News of the body under the bridge spread to all the surrounding villages and within a short space of time, the area was swarming with onlookers. Even though the area was cordoned
a “victim of circumstances”.
off and people could not see the body, out of the house, the assailants were We need high mast lights here. When
By Elmon Tshikhudo
residents endured the hot weather and waited patiently until the police finished gathering evidence at the scene and the body was taken away. Residents said the area had become very notorious, with not a week passing without a person being mugged or robbed at the bridge. “Just last weekend, we heard the cries of a man who was being attacked during the early hours of the morning. The man said there were people who were killing him, but when I came
gone,” said Takkie Madia, who stays there is light, criminals will be scared,” not far from the crime spot. Some in said Mr Ailwei Lithole, a civic leader the community have indicated that there at Shayandima. should be floodlights in the area. “This Contd. on p4. area is very dark at night. It is not safe to cross this bridge at night as one is likely going to be attacked.
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Top: Policemen cover the body after it was retrieved from under the bridge. Left: Community members look at part of the body before it is retrieved by the police.
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