Zim Now Writer
Homeless youths in Harare will sleep better after Zimbabwe Republic Police have confirmed the arrest of Thandolwenkosi Ndlovu, alias Sauro, in connection with the murders of their peers which occurred in the Harare Central Business District between August 28 and September 4.
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Police said the suspect has been positively linked to five cases of murder.
In a statement yesterday, national police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said: “On being arrested, the suspect was positively linked to five murder cases which occurred on the 28th August 2023 at the corner of George Silundika Avenue and Simon Muzenda Street, Harare, 1 September 2023 at the corner of Innez Terrace and Robert Mugabe Road, Harare, 3 September, 2023 at the corner of Nelson Mandela Avenue and 7th Street, Harare and on 4 September 2023 at the corner of Cripps Road and Remembrance Road, Harare.”
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Ass Comm Nyathi also said Ndlovu has been linked to three murder cases committed in Bulawayo in 2020. He is believed to have crushed a victim’s head in Bellevue suburb using a brick after he found him drunk and asleep in his yard in January 2020.
“In December 2020, he crushed a victim’s head in Makokoba suburb after finding him asleep by the roadside. He again crushed another victim’s head using stones at Sekhusile Shopping Centre, Nkulumane after finding him sleeping in a pavement,” said Ass Com Nyathi.
Ndlovu, Ass Comm Nyathi said, Ndlovu, who is believed to have been living in the streets, would target sleeping homeless youths and crush their heads before opening “the victim’s stomach to remove genitals and other body parts using broken empty bottles. The suspect would then boil or braai the human parts on any open fire place and consume them while in the Harare Central Business District”.
Ndlovu, who is also facing an attempted murder charge, has a warrant of arrest for a robbery case which occurred in Milton Park in June 2021, adding that they did not find any evidence linking the recent murder cases committed by Ndlovu to any ritual killings.
“The police assures the public that enquiries are still being conducted to find out the real motive behind the suspect’s conduct and if he acted alone or not,” said Ass Comm Nyathi.
Initial details indicated on the ZRP Form 14A, show that Ndlovu is from Lupangwe Village which is under Headman Salaza and Chief Malaba in Plumtree, Matabeleland South Province.
He told police his father is Oscar Ndlovu, based in South Africa and for his next of kin on the police form he named his sister, one Phephiwe Moyo.
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