Man killed, body dumped on railway tracks

A SUSPECTED gold panner was allegedly killed and his body thrown onto a railway line where it was crushed by a train.

According to local media, the body was found in two halves near the railway line in Colleen Bawn on Monday morning. The body was lying along the railway line with both legs cut, apparently by a goods train. The body had multiplies injuries. The informant advised the police who attended the scene and the body was conveyed to United Bulawayo Hospitals for a postmortem.

Sources said the unidentified man appeared to have been killed while coming from a beer drink.

They said the body may have been thrown onto the track to cover up for the offence.

Matabeleland police spokesperson Inspector Philisani Ndebele yesterday said police were treating the case as murder.

He said the body is still unidentified because the person had no identification particulars.