National police spokesperson Chief Superintendent Paul Nyathi yesterday confirmed that a man from Gwanda was arrested while in possession of a bag containing a human head and a scrotum with the testicles. 22-year old Honest Moyo denied having killed anyone saying that he had discovered the body at a dumpsite, and had seized the opportunity to remove the body parts in order to make some cash.
The matter came to light after Moyo’s cousin Thandolwenkosi Ndlovu (19) paid him a surprise visit only to find a human head in Moyo’s room. He then fled and alerted other people of what he had seen, despite threats and attempts to stop him by Moyo.
Ndlovu narrated:
I then forced my way in and came face-to-face with the greatest horror of my life. I was greeted by a bearded human head which was on top of a bloodied sack and a bloodied satchel was on its side. I blindly stumbled out of the house and ran away
I still can’t believe what I saw. I told my grandmother and other villagers. Muchengeti Mazondo, one of the villagers, called Guyu Police Station and reported the incident,
He said when he saw the body while herding cattle, he thought of a certain businessman in West Nicholson who once told him he wanted a human head and testicles. He said he just harvested the parts from the body,
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