Lions kill bathing tourist in Mana Pools

Peter John Evershed, 59, of Borrowdale, Harare, was at Chitake Camping site in Makuti with his wife Jane and other tourists when the incident happened.
Mashonaland West provincial police spokesman Inspector Clemence Mabgweazara said the incident happened at the weekend.
Evershed went to bath under a tree just a few metres from the campsite when a pride of lions suddenly surrounded him before attacking him.
"He screamed for help from other tourists who quickly drove to the scene flashing their lights in a bid to scare away the marauding lions," he said.
It took the intervention of safari operator Steven Pop, who fired a shot in the air, to scare off the lions. Evershed was, however, dead by the time the lions fled as he had sustained a deep gash in the throat.
Meanwhile, a buffalo gored two villagers who tried to chase the animals out of a cattle pen in the Sipepa area.
Matabeleland North provincial police spokesman Inspector Trust Ndlovu, said Gideon Ncube saw the female buffalo in a neighbour's pen. "He alerted Fani Mpofu and Moikeli Mlilo who proceeded to the pen with the intention of chasing the buffalo out."
However, the buffalo charged at Mpofu and knocked him down before tossing Mlilo into the air. - Sapa